Debate on new regencies delayed

Debate on new regencies delayed

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday delayed the deliberation of the proposal to establish three new regencies in the provinces of West Kalimantan and Maluku.

A plenary meeting of the House on Monday heard the views of nine factions on the proposals from legislators to establish the new regencies.

The Reform faction, however, rejected the proposals and recommended the backers give more information about their projects.

House Deputy Speaker Muhaimin Iskandar, who presided over the plenary meeting, said the schedule for the deliberations would soon be rearranged.

Reform faction spokesman Mutammimul Ula said his faction wanted more information on the budgets for the establishment of the regencies of West Seram and East Seram in Maluku and Sekadau in West Kalimantan.

Mutammimul emphasized that the proposal to create the regency of Sekadau in West Kalimantan had not received the support of the local legislative council. -- JP