Puan Joins DPR Plenary Session on 27 August

House Speaker Puan Maharani joined the third plenary session of the first sitting period of the 2026/2027 legislative year today. Puan attended the plenary agenda, which included the delivery of a progress report on the Asset Forfeiture Bill.

Puan had earlier not been visible when Commission III Chairman Habiburokhman presented the progress of the Asset Forfeiture Bill, the first agenda item of the plenary. At that time, activist Supriyono alias Botok of the Pati United Community Alliance (AMPB) and several colleagues were in the plenary balcony on Thursday (27/8/2026).

The leadership present at the start of the meeting included Deputy Speakers Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Saan Mustopa, Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal, and Sari Yuliati. Puan arrived midway through the plenary during the second-level discussion, or decision-making, on the Bill on Accountability for the Implementation of the 2025 State Budget, reported by Deputy Chairman of the Budget Committee Jazilul Fawaid at around 11.15 WIB.

Meanwhile, other presiding officers, such as Dasco, Cucun, and Saan, had already left the plenary to receive demonstrators. The plenary agenda on state budget accountability and changes to the national legislation programme was then chaired by Sari Yuliati, accompanied by Puan.

Commission III Chairman Habiburokhman previously confirmed that the Asset Forfeiture Bill would be passed by December 2026 at the latest. He made the statement during the third plenary session of the first sitting period of 2026/2027.

“Yes, colleagues. First, I need to convey the regulatory position and the completion target. I say that this is no longer a target, but it can already be confirmed that the Asset Forfeiture Law will be passed at the latest in the plenary session in December 2026,” Habiburokhman said.

He noted that Commission III had passed Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code and Law Number 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code. He expressed hope that the products produced by the DPR would deliver justice for the law in Indonesia.

“Next, we will immediately pass the Asset Forfeiture Law. Thus, what is called an integrated criminal justice system will come into being,” he said.

The Gerindra deputy chairman said public participation had been received by Commission III to date. He explained that the Asset Forfeiture Bill required time for deliberation because it is a law with entirely new substance.

“I need to provide an overview of why the Asset Forfeiture Law has taken relatively more time to formulate compared with other laws, for example the Criminal Procedure Code or the Police Law,” Habiburokhman said.

“Because the Asset Forfeiture Law is a law that discusses a completely new concept. We have never previously had a law on asset forfeiture,” he added.