Regional legislators meet

Regional legislators meet

BATAM: Representatives of regional legislative councils
(DPRDs) began a national conference here on Wednesday to discuss
the central government's plan to revise autonomy laws.

The three-day meeting, organized by the Association of All-
Indonesian DPRDs (Adeksi), planned to discuss issues relating to
the planned revision, particularly the chapters on revenue-
sharing allocations for the regions.

The central government has said it would propose revisions to
the regional autonomy law, which analysts said is not clear and
needs implementation guidelines. The planned revisions have been
dubbed a factor that has delayed the required guidelines.

Adeksi secretary general Taba Iskandar said the conference
would also discuss the future vision of the organization and its
programs for next year.

"In the future, the DPRDs' function and roles will be very
important as the problems are more complicated. Therefore, it's
needed to improve the quality of human resources," he said. --
Antara