House to withdraw presidency bill

House to withdraw presidency bill

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives will withdraw a bill on
the presidency that it had sent to President Megawati
Soekarnoputri, saying the bill requires further revision.

In a letter sent to House leaders, House Legislation Body
chairman Zain Badjeber said his team would revise the bill in
accordance with the newly amended Constitution.

The letter was read by Subianto Sudardjo, the head of plenary
meeting affairs at the House Secretariat, during a plenary
meeting here on Thursday.

Zain said the bill was drafted before the People's
Consultative Assembly finished amending the Constitution.

He said the bill still regulated the presence of the Supreme
Advisory Council, but the Assembly had replaced the council with
a team of presidential advisers through the constitutional
amendments.

The plenary meeting, headed by House Deputy Speaker Soetardjo
Soerjogoeritno, also heard that the House had received the names
of 27 candidates from the President to fill the nine seats on the
Indonesian Broadcasting Commission. -- JP