<![CDATA[The prolonged delay in the enactment of the Domestic Workers Protection Bill (RUU PPRT) for more than two decades raises critical questions about the state’s commitment to protecting vulnerable groups. This study aims to examine the political dynamics behind the stagnation of the bill by employing Michel Foucault’s theory of discourse and power. Using a qualitative literature-based approach, this article analyzes how dominant narratives—such as the perception of domestic workers as non-formal labor and domestic employment as a private matter—shape the limits of state intervention in legal protection. The findings demonstrate that legislative delay is not merely a procedural issue but the result of discursive power produced and sustained by political actors and state institutions to preserve the status quo. This study argues that the state is not neutral, but actively participates in maintaining inequality through the reinforcement of hegemonic discourses within the policy-making process.]]>
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