据印尼《雅加达邮报》3月9日报道：印尼政府与国会就设立印尼国家残疾人委员会达成一致。该委员会旨在改善印尼残疾人的福利及保护残疾人的权利。

这项协议是印尼政府同国会负责宗教事务的第八委员会在会议上做出的。社会事务和妇女权益保护部门也讨论了有关保护残疾人福利的法案。

第八委员会副主席莱迪亚（Ledia Hanifa Amaliah）说有关建立残疾人委员会事宜已经包含在正在审议的法律草案中。

她说希望法案的审议在两年内完成以便委员会能在法律的支持下迅速建立起来。

政府起初拒绝了该法案，他们认为这会增加佐科总统的负担，但是后来政府代表又同意了国会的该计划。

莱迪亚说我们同意政府、地方机构、国有企业、省属企业必须预留2％的工作岗位给残疾人，私营部门应该预留1％的工作计划给残疾人。

该法案是政府批准联合国《残疾人权利公约》的后续，该法案将取代现行的1997年颁布的法律。

The agreement was made during a recent meeting between government officials and House Commission VIII overseeing religion, social affairs and women's empowerment to discuss a bill on the welfare of people with disabilities.

"The establishment of the commission will be stipulated in the draft bill that is being discussed,” Commission VIII deputy chairman Ledia Hanifa Amaliah told thejakartapost.com recently, adding that the commission's formation would be detailed by a presidential regulation.

She expressed hope that the deliberation of the bill could be completed in under two years, so that the commission could be established soon after the approval of the law.

The government initially rejected that such an establishment was stipulated in the bill on disabled people's welfare, saying it would burden President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, but government representatives later agreed with the House’s initiative.

The Commission VIII working committee has finished drafting the bill, which will be conveyed to an editorial team for improvement,” Ledia added.

"We agreed that the government, the regional administration, state-owned enterprises and provincial administration-owned enterprises must put aside 2 percent of jobs for disabled people," Ledia said, adding that private institutions would be required to allocate 1 percent of their employment opportunities.

The bill is a follow-up to the government’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and will replace the current law issued in 1997.

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa in January said the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities did not require the government to establish a law. (bbn)

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