Who do House members represent?

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Who do the members of the House of Representatives and the People's Consultative Assembly represent?

According to government critic Arbi Sanit, they represent themselves and their political parties. So what they do is serve their own interests.

"Don't believe their claims that they represent the people. They mostly represent their political interest groups," he said at a seminar here on Saturday.

Arbi, a political science lecturer at the University of Indonesia, said that although the House and Assembly members were highly paid, they rarely fought for the people. -- Antara