Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to resolve internal friction over controversial sharia-inspired bylaws enacted by some regional administrations.

House Speaker Agung Laksono said lawmakers opposed to and those in support of the local government regulations had met with him and agreed to stop questioning these bylaws on gambling, prostitution and liquor.

A group of 156 legislators led by Constant Ponggawa had written to the House leadership, asking the government to annul the sharia bylaws, while a rival group of 134 other legislators sent a letter to the House leadership to counter the first letter.

"The coordinators of the two groups attended a meeting (with me) and agreed to end the friction," Agung said here Tuesday.

The sharia bylaws have sparked public debate, with critics saying they were against the Constitution and the state philosophy, which underlines pluralism.