MPR fails to reach consensus

MPR fails to reach consensus

JAKARTA: The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)'s ad hoc
committee preparing the amendments to the Constitution failed to
agree on a transitory provision in the Constitution on Tuesday.

The ad hoc committee deputy chairman Slamet Effendy Yusuf said
after its session that each faction kept defending its arguments
and, therefore, all factions were encouraged to lobby among
themselves before the issue is discussed again at the end of this
week.

Factions in the committee were engaged in debate over whether
the MPR decrees would still be relevant after the fourth batch of
amendments are endorsed in the upcoming Annual Session in August.

According to Slamet, a number of MPR decrees would no longer
be relevant after the amended constitution is endorsed. --Antara