Jakarta – The information, defense and foreign affairs commission at the House of Representatives will likely bring back a bill on free flow of public information so it can be discussed by a special committee.

Legislators said it would bring back the bill for discussion because the government and the House were deadlocked on the status of state enterprises.

The commission's deputy chairman Arief Mudatsir Mandan said a small team grouped to make final touches to the bill Thursday had failed to agree whether state-owned enterprises should be defined as public institutions or not.

"We are suspicious the government has a hidden agenda behind its rejection to define state enterprises as public institutions," Arief told The Jakarta Post.

He said the hidden agenda was linked with allegations state enterprises were "nests of corruption and money machines for government officials". "Otherwise, the public should (provide) open access to state enterprises," he said.

"We are open to a special exemption... certain sections of the state enterprises are kept closed to the public for secrecy and competitiveness reasons. But state enterprises in general should be transparent and accountable for good corporate governance."