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Inauguration of new House members postponed
Democracy: Members of the House of Representatives are engaged in selecting lawmakers to fill two vacant seats at the House legislative body (Baleg)
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Democracy: Members of the House of Representatives are engaged in selecting lawmakers to fill two vacant seats at the House legislative body (Baleg). The body postponed the inauguration of its new chairman on Friday as two seats were still vacant. (Tempo) (Baleg). The body postponed the inauguration of its new chairman on Friday as two seats were still vacant. (Tempo)
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span class="inline inline-center">Democracy: Members of the House of Representatives are engaged in selecting lawmakers to fill two vacant seats at the House legislative body (Baleg). The body postponed the inauguration of its new chairman on Friday as two seats were still vacant. (Tempo)
The inauguration of the new leaders of the House of Representatives' legislative body (Baleg) scheduled for Thursday has been postponed because two of its executive seats are still vacant, the body's chairman has said.
Baleg chairman Supratman Andi Agtas said on Friday that House leaders and the heads of political parties would hold a meeting to discuss who would be appointed to fill the vacant seats.
'On the inauguration day, we are still waiting for decisions from the meeting of the House leaders and all political party factions,' he said.
Supratman said Ruhut Sitompul of the Democratic Party was initially scheduled to be inaugurated as one of Baleg's deputy chairmen, but no agreement had been achieved on the latter's nomination.
The House legislative body is currently led by Supratman from the Gerindra Party, Firman Subagyo of the Golkar Party and Totok Daryanto of the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Trimedya Pandjaitan of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said his party hoped that it could secure a seat on the body's chairmanship panel with a peace agreement between the Red and White Coalition (KMP) and the Great Indonesia Coalition (KIH).
'We have agreed on the seat allocations for each of those two sides,' he said. 'That's why the PDI-P still hopes that it could gain a seat on the House legislative body.'
In November 2014, the KIH and KMP ended their dispute, initially triggered by the victory of Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo in the 2014 presidential election, and signed a peace agreement that contained five points of agreement.
One point stipulates that the KIH, comprising the PDI-P, the National Awakening Party (PKB), the NasDem Party, the Hanura Party and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI), would obtain 21 posts on the House's supporting bodies.
Supratman hoped the body's vacant seats would soon be filled, so that the House could focus their attention on the discussions of draft bills.
The House has listed 40 prioritized draft bills included in this year's National Legislation Program. (ebf)
