No time to eat at luxury hotel

No time to eat at luxury hotel

JAKARTA (JP): The late night sessions at the General Session
of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) have led one
legislator to miss out on his meal vouchers from the five-star
Jakarta Hilton Hotel.

Lawyer Didi Supriyanto, an Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) supporter, said: "If it is too late
after a proceeding finishes, we then eat at the food stall at the
driving range lot in Senayan near our hotel and the MPR
building."

Didi, like other PDI Perjuangan Assembly members, is staying
at the Hilton, which is a few minutes walk from the legislative
building.

"It's cheaper at the food stalls, but the meal voucher is the
cheapest because it's free," he told The Jakarta Post on
Saturday.

He said his breakfast, lunch and dinner routines had been
disturbed, because as well as participating at the sessions, he
still had to maintain contact with his law firm.

Didi said he occasionally missed out altogether on a meal due
to the intensive discussions or urgent briefings held by his
party.

"For the sake of this session's success, with the pressure of
time, it's not only me, but I think all legislators are
experiencing it," he said, adding that he was offering to give
the meal vouchers away because they were piling up. (emf)