Politicians from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) have lambasted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for not replacing the officials responsible for protecting migrant workers.
They were referring to Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar and head of Workers Placement and Protection National Agency Jumhur Hidayat, whom they said should be held to account for the government's failure to save Ruyati from her execution by beheading in Saudi Arabia last week.
"We really hope that the President wants to prioritize the thousands of our migrant workers over the political support of a group of people," Rieke Dyah Pitaloka of the House labor commission said Friday.
She said the two officials' incompetence could not be ignored.
However, she added, it would require more that their dismissals to ensure proper protection for migrant workers.
The House's labor commission has decided to temporarily halt dealings with minister Muhaimin as a show of protest for what they considered Muhaimin's failure to protect migrant workers.
They were referring to Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar and head of Workers Placement and Protection National Agency Jumhur Hidayat, whom they said should be held to account for the government's failure to save Ruyati from her execution by beheading in Saudi Arabia last week.
"We really hope that the President wants to prioritize the thousands of our migrant workers over the political support of a group of people," Rieke Dyah Pitaloka of the House labor commission said Friday.
She said the two officials' incompetence could not be ignored.
However, she added, it would require more that their dismissals to ensure proper protection for migrant workers.
The House's labor commission has decided to temporarily halt dealings with minister Muhaimin as a show of protest for what they considered Muhaimin's failure to protect migrant workers.
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