New lawmakers begin term in September

JAKARTA: The 700-member People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), elected in the April 5 poll, will start its tenure in September.

According to an Assembly decree Tap is that correct? No. 2/2003, the legislative body will hold its final meeting a week before the new lawmakers are inaugurated.

The Assembly will comprise 550 House of Representatives (DPR) members and 128 that makes 678 -- what about the other 22? Regional Representatives Council (DPD) members.

"We are still working on the schedule for the inauguration," said Janedjri M. Gaffar, a staffer with the Assembly secretariat on Wednesday. -- JP