Bill on legislature reaches House

Bill on legislature reaches House

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) announced on
Wednesday that it had received the bill on the composition of the
legislative bodies from the government for further discussion.

House deputy speaker Tosari Widjaja, who presided over a
plenary session on Wednesday, said that the House Steering
Committee would later set up team and arrange a schedule for the
bill's deliberation.

"We will let the Steering Committee follow up on the bill,"
Tosari told the plenary session.

President Megawati Soekarnoputri said in a letter addressed to
House leaders that she had assigned Minister of Home Affairs Hari
Sabarno to represent the government during the deliberation
process.

The bill on the composition of the legislative bodies will be
used as a legal basis for the 2004 elections. The bills on
political parties and the general elections are currently before
the House.

Another bill, this time on the procedures for direct
presidential and vice presidential elections, is being prepared
by the home ministry. -- JP