Women legislators' quota a burden: VP

Women legislators' quota a burden: VP

JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz expressed on Friday his reluctance to support a minimum quota for women in political parties.

He claimed that the quota may become a burden rather than boost certain political parties.

"Some parties may fulfill the quota easily but others may have a difficult time meeting the quota. So it would be better to put aside the issue of a women's quota in political parties," he said.

Hamzah was commenting on the endorsement of the bill on political parties on Thursday, which rejected a quota of 30 percent for women legislators in political parties. --Antara