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Government leaves DPD to settle internal rift over leadership

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, April 10, 2017

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Government leaves DPD to settle internal rift over leadership Hanura Party politician Oesman Sapta Odang was elected as the new speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) on April 4. (Antara/Jessica Helena Wuysang)

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aw and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has refused to intervene in the ongoing leadership spat between two factions at the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), leaving the problem for the DPD to resolve internally.

“There are two contrasting views in regard to the matter. There are protests [against the DPD’s new leadership]. It’s normal,” Yasonna said on Monday as quoted by kompas.com.

The minister, who is a politician from the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), said the government fully respected the Supreme Court’s decision to inaugurate Oesman Sapta Odang as new DPD chairman along with his two deputies Nono Sampono and Darmayanti Lubis.

However, Yasonna also welcomed Oesman’s predecessor GKR Hemas and her supporters protesting against his leadership and that of his two deputies. “We shall see what will happen because the Supreme Court has inaugurated them.”

Hemas led the opposition to Oesman’s leadership following his controversial inauguration by the Supreme Court after it previously issued a ruling that maintained Hemas’ leadership until 2019 by annulling the DPD’s code of conduct, which had halved the tenure of DPD speakers and deputy speakers from five years to two-and-a-half years.

The Hanura Party chairman was inaugurated as the DPD speaker on April 4 by deputy chief justice Suwardi on behalf of the Supreme Court chief Hatta Ali who was on minor haj. (msa)

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