House aborts motion, PDI-P plans another

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) has dropped a proposal to summon the President over his decision to revoke a letter on the replacement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) chief.

At a plenary meeting on Tuesday, 244 legislators voted against the proposal, 49 voted in favor, and one legislator abstained.

A number of legislators had previously proposed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono be summoned by the House to explain his revocation of a letter from his predecessor, Megawati Soekarnoputri, who had appointed Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu to replace TNI chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto.

Megawati's PDI-P faction was at the forefront of the move to summon President Susilo. The faction is preparing another motion to summon the President over the issuance of a circular by the Office of the Vice President. - Antara