MPR mulls forming council of ethics

MPR mulls forming council of ethics

JAKARTA: The People's Consultative Assembly will discuss this
month the possibility of establishing an ad hoc council of ethics
to judge ethical violations committed by lawmakers.

Rambe Kamarulzaman, who is in charge of discussing the
Assembly's internal regulations, said on Thursday that details of
the council would be set out in the Assembly's internal
regulations.

According to him, members of the council of ethics would also
include intellectuals, community leaders and religious leaders.

Rambe added that lawmakers would study the ethical code of the
House of Representatives to avoid inconsistency. - JP