Expert Applicant: Ambiguity of Act on Narcotics

Act 35/2009 on Narcotics contains the definition of ambiguous regarding drug abuse. It was stated by Asmin Fransisca when Petitioner was asked as expert in the plenary judicial Narcotics Law (Case Number 48/PUU-IX/2011) Thursday (09/22/2011) at the plenary chamber of the Constitutional Court. Lecturer Faculty of Law, Atma Jaya and Indonesian Coordinating Coalition for Drug Policy Reform (ICDPR) This article mentions the three definitions of matter in which he confused the Narcotics Act, namely the definition of Article 1, item 13, Article 1 number 15, and the Explanation of Article 54. "The confusion occurs in Article 1 number 13 and 15 in this Act may be abusers of narcotic addicts and drug users with a variety of factors, potentially very large to be abusers as well....

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Constitutional Court: Rights and Obligations of Employers-Workers Quit after Layoffs Verdict Inkracht

Mechanism of termination of employment (FLE) has been regulated in Act 13/2003 on Manpower and Act 2 / 2004 concerning Industrial Relations Disputes Settlement (PPHI). Article 151 of Act on Manpower asserts, workers and employers should make every effort to avoid layoffs. If layoffs are unavoidable, then the workers and employers must meet to seek agreement. But if no agreement is reached, layoffs can only be done after a determination of the dispute settlement institutions of industrial relations.  Similarly, the Court’s opinion in the court pronounced the verdict Case Number 37/PUU-IX/2011, Monday (09/19/2011) housed in the courtroom Plenary Court Building. Application for judicial review was filed by Ugan Gandar, President of the Federation of Trade Unions Unite Pertamina ...

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