Ten bills await government response

Ten bills await government response

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) complained that
the government was slow to respond to draft bills initiated by
legislators, and that it would cause more delays in the
deliberations.

House legislation body chairman Zein Badjeber said on Thursday
that the House had handed 10 draft bills for the government to
review, but had not received any responses yet.

According to Zein, the legislature could not start
deliberating the bills without the presence of government
officials.

He said he hoped President Megawati Soekarnoputri would soon
appoint ministers to discuss the relevant bills with legislators.

The draft bills legislators include bills on the Supreme
Court, on the Attorney General's Office, and on the Judicial
Commission.

Zein, a politician from the United Development Party (PPP),
said the legislators were ready to start deliberations anytime.
-- JP