KPPU seeking tenure extension<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Although the tenure of current members of the Commission for the
\nSupervision of Business Competition (KPPU) expires next week, it
\nappears that they will hold onto their posts until September,
\npending the selection and appointment of their replacements.<\/p>\n
KPPU chairman Sutrisno Iwantono said the tenure for current
\nmembers would expire on June 6, but to ensure the continuation of
\ncommission activities they expected that a regulation would be
\nenacted extending their tenure in view of the anticipated lengthy
\nprocess for selecting replacement members.<\/p>\n
\"Tenure extension is important to ensure the continuation of
\neight ongoing cases,\" Iwantono told a press conference.<\/p>\n
Iwantono said a selection committee -- comprising senior state
\nofficials and independent figures, including academics -- opened
\nregistration for candidates on May 19, and would close on June 8.<\/p>\n
\"So far there have been 20 names submitted to the committee,\"
\nhe said, adding that the selection process would probably be
\ncompleted sometime in September.<\/p>\n
The selection and appointment process would also require
\napproval from the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
The KPPU acknowledge that they had started late with the
\nprocess, but claimed that they were only partly to blame.<\/p>\n
Among other matters, KPPU had to wait for funding allocations
\nas set out under this year's state budget, and for the government
\nto appoint a new line-up of senior officials from certain
\nMinistries as members of the selection committee.<\/p>\n
Among members of the selection committee are the Ministry of
\nTrade's secretary general Hatanto Reksodipoetro and Ministry of
\nJustice and Human Rights director general for public law
\nadministration Zulkarnaen Yunus.<\/p>\n
Since the commission was formed in March 1999, it has handled
\n41 cases of reported unfair business practices. Of the received
\ncases, the KPPU has handed down verdicts on 23 cases and settled
\n10 cases, while eight were still pending.<\/p>\n
Of the 23 verdicts, eight were in the process of being
\nappealed to the Supreme Court, the KPPU said.<\/p>",
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