Commission agrees on work week

JAKARTA: The Constitutional Commission decided on Wednesday to spend only three days a week, from Monday through Wednesday, to discuss how to make the newly amended Constitution congruous.

Commission members will gather input from the public on Thursday and Friday and have two days off on Saturday and Sunday.

"Every Thursday and Friday we will personally collect input and study the debates among MPR members when they deliberated amendments to the Constitution," said commission chairman Sri Soemantri, referring to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

According to Soemantri, the commission will produce academic assessments on the amended Constitution and recommend revisions at the end of its work.

In order to help the commission, the public is invited to submit input. The public can send input directly to the secretariat of the Constitutional Commission at the MPR building or send via e-mail: suparti@mpr.go.id. -- JP