Indonesia Jobs Bill Gets Parliamentary Backing, Antara Reports

An Indonesian parliamentary body approved the latest version of an omnibus bill on jobs that the government says will boost investment and revive an economy battered by the pandemic.

The bill will be submitted to a plenary session after all but two parties agreed to it, state news agency Antara on Sunday cited Supratman Andi Agtas, chairman of parliament’s legislative body, as saying. Social Justice Party and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party opposed it, according to the report.