House and govt to meet again

House and govt to meet again

JAKARTA: House of Representatives leaders and the government
are expected meet again later this week to discuss steep fuel
price hikes and the latest bombings in Bali.

No date was set for the meeting to be held at the House.

House Speaker Agung Laksono said President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono and his ministers must explain their decision to raise
fuel prices by an average 126 percent on Oct. 1.

The 187 percent increase in the kerosene price to 2,000 per
liter, in particular, should be clarified to the House, Agung
said.

He said the government would also be expected to explain why
and how a second bomb attack could take place in Bali.

The consultation meeting is normally attended by the
President, Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Cabinet members and House
leaders. --Antara