Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is expected to begin the selection process for new commissioners for National Commission on Human Rights' (Komnas HAM) this week.

After several delays, House Commission III, on law and human rights, has finally decided to hold a fit and proper test for the 30 candidates chosen by a committee in early June.

"All factions at Commission III have agreed to continue the selection process. We hope to complete the process by the end of this session [on Oct.28]," Commission Chairman I Gede Pasek Suardika said on Wednesday.

The commission halted the selection process after a lawsuit was filed by one of Komnas HAM commissioners, Syafruddin Ngulma Simeulue, challenging the legality of the process.

However, Central Jakarta Court annulled the lawsuit in an interim decision on Tuesday.(iwa)