Minerba Law

Drafting process Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law Number 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining (Minerba Law) has sparked controversy because the ratification process of the Minerba Bill into law was very fast, only calculated from February 17, 2020 to May 6, 2020, and did not involve public participation in the discussion process. This is not in accordance with Law Number 13 of 2022 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 12 of 2011 concerning the Establishment of Legislation, Article 5 letter g contains the Principle of Transparency which provides access to the public who have an interest and are directly affected to obtain information and/or provide input at every stage in the Establishment of Legislation.

Various crucial mining and coal issues are still being pursued for the safety and convenience of the mining business by simplifying mining investment permits. The Minerba Law predominantly contains the interests of expanding investment and mining exploitation without considering aspects of disaster-prone areas, food production areas, forest areas, or important ecological infrastructure such as small islands and coasts, and does not even have efforts to limit mining expansion. This is because coal is still used as a commodity and the main source of national income.