Serang – Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah criticized the Remuneration Council, the tripartite body recommending the minimum wage every year, following a series of rallies demanding revisions to the council's decision.

"The Remuneration Council should have agreed on a common outcome to prevent worker protests following the setting of the 2010 minimum wage," Atut said at the gubernatorial hall in Serang on Thursday.

The governor signed a decision to determine the 2010 wage increase on Nov. 20. The determination was based on recommendations from the Remuneration Council.

Atut said she feared the rallies staged by workers at council buildings and municipality offices in Tangerang, Cilegon and Serang will negatively impact Banten because investors might be scared off.