MPR holds last plenary, session

The current People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), serving the 2004-2009 term, holds its last plenary session at its building in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.

The session will see the assembly chairmen, namely Hidayat Nur Wahid, Aksa Mahmud, Mooryati Soedibyo and AM Fatwa, reporting on the assembly’s performance over the last five years.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla – in the absence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is on a working visit to the United States after attending the G20 Summit – will attend the session, scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and to last a little less than an hour.

All members of the assembly, which consists of members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), are expected to attend.

The DPR has scheduled its own plenary session following that of the assembly.