Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Marzuki Alie called on the Houseâs Commission I overseeing defense, foreign affairs and information to immediately disburse the budget for state-owned television TVRI
peaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Marzuki Alie called on the House's Commission I overseeing defense, foreign affairs and information to immediately disburse the budget for state-owned television TVRI.
Commission I froze the station's budget following an internal row at the station. 'This sets a bad precedent. You can't freeze budgets if an institution does not behave the way you want,' Marzuki said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
The row began when the station's supervisory board moved to dismiss all of the channel's executives following the live-broadcast of the opening of the ruling Democratic Party presidential convention in September last year. The board deemed the broadcast to be an ethical violation
Executives of the station then filed a complaint to Commission I, which put a stop on the disbursement of the operational budget.
Commission I also set up a working committee to probe the row.
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