The
chairman of the House of Representatives honorary board, Gayus Lumbuun
from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), says that
cutting remuneration will not educate lazy legislators who like to skip
meetings.
"If a legislator is rich, then he or she can
practically pay to skip meetings. So, cutting their remuneration is not
an educational option," Gayus told reporters at the House in Jakarta on
Monday.
Gayus said that lazy legislators had to be punished in accordance to the House internal regulation.
"Clause
213 of the internal regulation says that if a legislator skip meetings
for six consecutive times, then he or she must be ousted from the
House," he said.
"If anyone feels that six times are too much, then they can propose the idea to revise the regulation to three times," he added.
Previously,
the United Development Party (PPP) proposed that legislators'
remuneration had to be based on their attendance rate during meetings.
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