Commission put on hold

JAKARTA: Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said over the weekend the Prosecutor's Commission, which was supposed to be up and running by October, had been put on hold indefinitely.

"The Presidential Office has yet to schedule the inauguration of the commission," he said at the State Palace.

The establishment of the commission is mandated by Law No. 16/2005 on prosecutors. Its main task will be to monitor and supervise state prosecutors.

Members of the commission will be able to gather information from the government and the public as part of their efforts to monitor prosecutors.

The Attorney General's Office, in cooperation with the Partnership for Governance Reform, has nominated seven people for the commission. -- JP