House establishes nine commissions<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Division of labor in the House of
\nRepresentatives (DPR) was endorsed on Monday, with its 500
\nmembers grouped into nine commissions.<\/p>\n
In its maiden plenary session presided over by Speaker Akbar
\nTandjung, the House made the resumption of the investigation into
\nthe Bank Bali scandal top priority of its initial agenda, apart
\nfrom its routine tasks.<\/p>\n
\"The investigation will be carried out by commissions II and
\nIX dealing with legal and financial matters. The House will be
\ntransparent in the investigation to live up to public demand,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said the two commissions would start their investigation
\nwith the disclosure of the long-form version of the
\nPricewaterhouseCoopers' audit report on the transfer of Rp 546
\nbillion to a third party. The audit report was submitted by the
\nSupreme Audit Agency to the House last week.<\/p>\n
The previous House was split into eight commissions. But as
\nfar as job description is concerned, the new House very much
\nresembles its predecessor.<\/p>\n
The 58-member Commission I deals with defense and information
\nmatters, while the 58-member Commission II handles home affairs
\nand legal matters.<\/p>\n
The 56-member Commission III handles agriculture and
\nhorticulture matters, while the 56-member Commission IV oversees
\ntransportation and infrastructure affairs.<\/p>\n
House Commission V, which comprises 55 members, will be in
\ncharge of industry and trade, while the 53-member Commission VI
\ndeals with religion and human resources matters.<\/p>\n
Population and welfare matters are entrusted to Commission
\nVII, which has 52 members, while mining and energy matters are
\nleft to the 54-member Commission VIII.<\/p>\n
Commission IX with 54 members deals with financial and
\nbudgetary matters.<\/p>\n
Leaders of the commissions will be elected on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
In a related development, Taufik Kiemas, PDI Perjuangan
\nlegislator and husband of Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri,
\nsaid that he and his brother-in-law Guruh Soekarnoputra would
\nresign from the House for personal reasons. Taufik, however,
\nrefused to elaborate.<\/p>\n
In response to the resignation bid, another PDI Perjuangan
\nlegislator, Roy B. Yanis, who chairs the party's Jakarta chapter,
\nexpressed his regret. He said his two colleagues could not just
\nrelinquish their House seats because they had been entrusted by
\ntheir constituents to represent them in the legislative body.<\/p>\n
\"The presence of Taufik and Guruh is really needed at the
\nHouse to channel their constituents' political aspirations,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Taufik gained a seat in the House through the June 7 general
\nelection in his hometown in Palembang, South Sumatra, while Guruh
\nrepresents PDI Perjuangan from East Java.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Megawati, who chairs PDI Perjuangan, has ordered
\nthe party's representatives at provincial and regency
\nlegislatures to stay in their posts.<\/p>\n
\"Ibu Mega asked all councilors to stay in their posts and
\nconcentrate on their tasks in future developments instead,\"
\nSoeratal, chairman of PDI Perjuangan's Central Java chapter, said
\nin Semarang on Monday.<\/p>\n
The instruction was issued in response to resignation plans by
\na number of regional legislators across the country, who were
\ndisappointed with the loss of Megawati in the presidential
\nelection last week. (05\/edt\/har\/rms)<\/p>",
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