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        "msgid": "mpr-sets-up-commissions-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-10-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "MPR sets up commissions",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "MPR sets up commissions JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the country's highest legislative body, set up on Sunday four commissions with the task of debating the various decrees proposed by the MPR working committees, including rulings on the fate of East Timor and incumbent President B.J. Habibie's election bid.",
        "content": "<p>MPR sets up commissions<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the<br>\ncountry's highest legislative body, set up on Sunday four<br>\ncommissions with the task of debating the various decrees<br>\nproposed by the MPR working committees, including rulings on the<br>\nfate of East Timor and incumbent President B.J. Habibie's<br>\nelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>MPR Speaker Amien Rais said Commission A is in charge of<br>\ndeliberating the State Policy Guidelines (GBHN); Commission B is<br>\nfor East Timor and the mechanism for the presidential election on<br>\nWednesday; Commission C is for the amendments of the 1945<br>\nConstitution and Commission D is for Habibie's accountability<br>\nspeech.<\/p>\n<p>Amien said that the 11 factions of the MPR were represented in<br>\neach of the commissions, which started working late on Sunday and<br>\nare expected to complete their tasks on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The results from each commission will be submitted to the MPR<br>\nplenary session for approval through a vote or consensus.<\/p>\n<p>Commission D, which will decide on whether to reject or accept<br>\nHabibie's accountability speech, is chaired by legislator Yusuf<br>\nMuhammad of the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction.<\/p>\n<p>Habibie defended on Sunday his performance records during his<br>\n16-month administration, which received outright disapproval from<br>\nfour factions, wide-ranging criticisms from six factions and full<br>\nendorsement from one minor faction.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from other commission meetings, the Commission D session<br>\nwas closed to reporters. Legislators said the decision on the<br>\naccountability speech might have to be taken through a voting<br>\nmechanism at the MPR plenary session on Tuesday, a day before the<br>\npresidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Commission B is chaired by Sabam Sirait of the PDI Perjuangan<br>\nfaction.<\/p>\n<p>This commission will decide, among other things, on whether to<br>\nratify the result of the referendum in East Timor.<\/p>\n<p>President B.J. Habibie has been under fire for offering an<br>\noption of independence through a referendum for the East Timor<br>\nprovince, in which more than 78 percent of East Timorese opted on<br>\nAug. 30 against autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>This commission is also in charge of formulating the mechanism<br>\nfor the presidential election, including a voting procedure.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a suggestion that each presidential candidate<br>\nshould present his or her vision before the MPR prior to the<br>\nelection.<\/p>\n<p>Commission A, chaired by legislator Theo Sambuaga of the<br>\nGolkar Party faction, is tasked to deliberate State Policy<br>\nGuidelines which will serve as directives for the new government<br>\nfor the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Commission C on amendments to the Constitution is chaired by<br>\nZen Badjeber of the PPP faction. (rei\/05)<\/p>",
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