Jakarta – An alliance of major labor unions fighting for a national social security program has coordinated with certain political parties at the House of Representatives to initiate an inquiry into the possibility that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono violated the 2004 Law on Social Security (SJSN).

National Committee for Action on the National Social Security Program (KASJSN) secretary general Said Iqbal said they had met with the House's Commission IX on labor and health affairs and factions from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the Golkar Party and the United Development Party (PPP).

"The three factions have expressed their commitment to submit a petition for an inquiry into the government's violation of the SJSN law, which should have gone into effect seven years ago and whose technical and administrative guidance was made in October of 2009," Said said Monday.

The President has yet to issue 11 government regulations and 10 presidential instructions as technical and administrative guidance mandated by the law to carry out the five obligatory programs of health care, occupational accidents, death, old-age risk and pensions.

KASJSN recently won their class action lawsuit against the government over the suspension of the mandatory national social security program. The Central Jakarta District Court sided with the committee in their suit by rejecting the government's request to suspend the law's enforcement.

Labor unions have held protests to demand the law implementation. Earlier, a labor activist rallied in front of the State Palace on Feb. 6, demanding the government grant basic social benefits mandated by the law.