IMPACT OF LAW OMNIBUS APPLICATION IN INDONESIA IS POSSIBLY HAPPENING TO ENVIRONMENT DEGRADATION

Abstract

Omnibus law is a method or concept of making regulations that combines several rules with different regulatory substance, into a large regulation that functions as a legal umbrella (umbrella act). As a consequence, regulations regarding environmental protection appear to be the main targets to be changed and simplified. Therefore, the potential for environmental neglect that develops into a criminal direction is very likely to occur because in the process of environmental degradation that is detrimental to various parties. In the writing of the problem, the problem is: What is the potential for environmental degradation as a result of the omnibus law and its relation to the crime of environmental destruction? Omnibus law is a product of the Act that can revoke or amend several existing laws that can be scattered in several regulations, then streamlined in one Act to better target the solution to a conflict between government administrators and regulations legislation with specific objectives to improve the investment climate. Eliminating AMDAL in national projects is one form of serious risk to the environment. AMDAL according to Article 24 paragraph 1 of Law No. 32 of 1999 states that AMDAL is a source of eligibility in environmental testing. The AMDAL document will include a business impact assessment, evaluation of activities in the vicinity of the affected location, input suggestions and responses from the affected communities forecasts of the magnitude of the impact, evaluation of management and environmental monitoring.