Meeting on ethical code delayed

Meeting on ethical code delayed

JAKARTA: A plenary meeting at the House of Representatives
building scheduled to pass the Code of Ethics for legislators on
Thursday was delayed due to shortcomings in the draft code.

The Code of Ethics would be part of the revision to the
House's present internal regulations.

"We still need to discuss several inputs from factions, but we
are trying to finish it soon," House Speaker Akbar Tandjung told
The Jakarta Post minutes after his arrival at the House building.

He said the legislators had to complete and pass the Code of
Ethics because it had been mandated by a decree of the People's
Consultative Assembly (MPR) at its annual meeting last year.

Deputy Speaker A.M. Fatwa said the plenary meeting would be
adjourned until Oct. 17 to give legislators time to conduct
further discussions.

Fatwa said that the legislators needed time to harmonize the
wordings of the code. -- JP