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Progressive Law Review
ISSN : -     EISSN : 27162141     DOI : https://doi.org/10.36448/plr
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Progressive Law Review (PROLREV) is an journal Faculty of Law University of Bandar Lampung. The aims of this journal is to provide a venue for academicians, researchers and practitioners for publishing the original research articles or review articles. The Review basically contains any topics concerning Indonesian laws and legal system. Novelty and recency of issues, however, is a priority in publishing. The range of contents covered by the Review spans from established legal scholarships and fields of law such as private laws and public laws which include constitutional and administrative law as well as criminal law, international laws concerning Indonesia, to various approaches to legal studies such as comparative law, law and economics, sociology of law and legal anthropology, and many others. Specialized legal studies concerning various aspects of life such as commercial and business laws, technology law, natural resources law and the like are also welcomed. A recommendation by the Editors on specific research issues to be covered in each volume may be made available to prospective contributors prior to publication of the volume in April and November.
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Consolidation of Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law in Indonesia : A Normative Study Based on Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law wim badri zaki; Gunsu Nurmansyah; Wim Fadel Azmilhuda
Progressive Law Review Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): APRIL 2026
Publisher : Faculty of Law-Universitas Bandar Lampung

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Abstract

This article discusses the urgent need to merge Indonesia's Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law into a single enforcement body. Since 1999, Indonesia has maintained two separate legal entities: the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) under Law No. 5 of 1999, and the National Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN) under Law No. 8 of 1999, with an annual budget of Rp 401 billion. Using a normative legal research method with statutory and conceptual approaches, this article assesses the legal validity of both laws after four amendments to the 1945 Constitution, evaluates the effectiveness of the dual institutional system, and advocates for consolidation based on Hans Kelsen’s pure theory of law and the principle of economic democracy. The study reveals that this separation has caused significant structural failures: by July 2025, Rp 265.49 billion in KPPU fines from 114 final decisions remained unenforced, and BPKN recovered only 10.6 percent of Rp 424.3 billion in documented consumer losses in 2024, with 70 percent of its recommendations ignored by government agencies. The total loss from these inefficiencies in a single year exceeds the combined budgets of both agencies. Considering models like the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and noting that 89 of 148 countries adopted a consolidation approach, this article argues that establishing a Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (KPPK) is an urgent constitutional, academic, and fiscal priority for Indonesia.