MPR to discuss new commission

MPR to discuss new commission

JAKARTA: The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is set to
deliberate the establishment of the long-awaited Constitutional
Commission, a new body mandated to carry out constitutional
amendments.

The deliberation will start next month when the assembly ad
hoc committee on constitutional amendment will collect inputs
from experts and community groups on the issue.

Although the agreement to form the constitutional commission
had been reached in August last year, MPR legislators only tried
to outline the commission's composition five months later.

MPR legislator Asnawi Latif said on Tuesday that legislators
had begun to focus on the commission.

"Starting in February, we will have a series of hearings with
experts and non-governmental organizations," Asnawi added.

A source said that the lawmakers planned to visit Japan and
Italy for a comparative study regarding the commission's
establishment. -- JP