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Puan reelected as House of Representatives speaker
The PDI-P, the largest party by representation in the House, had nominated Puan as the only candidate for speaker. The party has yet to announced its stance vis-a-vis the incoming government.
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Puan Maharani (left) of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) holds aloft a gavel handed to her from interim House speaker Guntur Sasono of the Democratic Party (third left) during a plenary session at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta on Oct. 1, 2024, when she was reelected as Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 2024-2029 term. The plenary session on Tuesday also elected House deputy speakers (from second left) Adies Kadir of the Golkar Party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad of the Gerindra Party, Saan Mustopa of the NasDem Party and Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal of the National Awakening Party (PKB). (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
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ndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Puan Maharani, the first woman to lead the House of Representatives, reclaimed the legislative body’s top seat on Tuesday, continuing her reign in a legislature dominated by parties aligned with president-elect Prabowo Subianto.
The PDI-P, the largest party by representation in the House, had nominated Puan as the only candidate for speaker. The party has yet to announce its stance vis-a-vis the incoming government.
Puan took the oath of office during a plenary session on Tuesday evening, along with the four new deputy speakers: Adies Kadir of the Golkar Party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad of the Gerindra Party, Saan Mustopa of the NasDem Party and Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal of the National Awakening Party (PKB).
The five House leaders represent the political parties that won the largest shares of the vote in February’s legislative election.
“We, the leadership of the House, will collectively and collegially lead by prioritizing joint work and cooperation and building communication across factions, commissions and bodies to achieve togetherness,” Puan said in her first speech after being reelected.
Puan’s reelection ended months of speculation that pro-Prabowo parties, led by Gerindra and Golkar, were eyeing the speaker post to help advance the incoming government’s agenda in the legislature.
Rumors had circulated that parties in Prabowo’s Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) were seeking to amend a prevailing law that allows the party with the largest share of House seats to automatically assume the speakership.
