Jakarta – The government has nearly doubled a key allowance for its lawmakers, an official said on Monday, one month after canceling some of the benefits given to lawmakers in an effort

Teras.id, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad has denied the news about an increase in the recess fund for members of the parliam

Alastair McCready – Demonstrators were angered by a plan to spend $4.2m on cars for lawmakers in one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries.

Algi Muhamad Gifari, West Bandung – West Bandung Regent Jeje Ritchie Ismail has officially canceled the 2025 allowance increases for local lawmakers, reversing a decision he signed on J

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has placed the Asset Forfeiture Bill among its top legislative priorities for 2025-2026, signaling renewed momentum on a mea

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) and the government, along with the Regional House of Representatives (DPD), have agreed on 67 bills to be

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) sent a letter of objection to the Secretariat General of the House of Representatives (DPR) on Friday, September 12, 202

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The bill on asset forfeiture has been listed in the priority national legislative program (locally known as prolegnas) for 2025.

Jakarta – The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has evaluated the salaries and allowances of its members.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Asset Seizure Bill, or RUU Perampasan Aset, has been agreed upon to be included in the 2025 National Legislation Program, or Prolegnas.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) member from Gerindra Party faction, Rahayu Saraswati, has resigned from her position as a legislator.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) leadership has decided to scrap several benefits for its members following an internal meeting on Thursday, September 4

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) has scrapped a controversial housing allowance of Rp 50 million ($3,000) per lawmaker per month following a week of

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, read out the results of the DPR's factional agreement in response to the 17+8 People'

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Affairs, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, announced that the government plans to revise Indon

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR)Speaker Puan Maharani convened a closed-door meeting with parliamentary faction leaders on Thursday to discuss what she described

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Andre Rosiade, a member of the Public Aspiration Body of the House of Representatives (DPR), said the institution still cannot guarantee that all public d

Jefferson Ng – Under the hashtag #BubarkanDPR ("Dissolve the Parliament"), frustration spilled onto the streets, fuelled by discontent over the country's economic direction and the perc

Jakarta – Lawmakers at the House of Representatives returned to work on Monday with members of key commissions kicking off fresh rounds of deliberations on crucial legislation.

Sukarjito, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has suspended five lawmakers whose controversial remarks about parliamentary perks and displays of privilege inflamed public anger, trigg

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Nasdem Party suspended lawmakers Ahmad Sahroni and Nafa Urbach from its parliamentary faction after remarks deemed offensive to the public tri

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Chair of Indonesia's House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission XI, Muhammad Misbakhun, denied allegations that he was planning to participate in the Sydn

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Andrew Tito, Jakarta – The homes of Indonesian lawmakers Uya Kuya and Eko Patrio were looted on Saturday night as unrest over parliamentary pay and benefits conti

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesia's major political parties moved on Sunday to support the suspension of controversial parliamentary perks, including a Rp 50 million ($3,000) monthly

Jihan Ristiyanti, Jakarta – Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani offered little explanation when asked why she and other lawmakers did not meet with demonstra

Theressia Sunday Silalahi, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani issued a rare public apology on Friday, acknowledging that lawmakers have fallen short in servi

Jakarta – Four leaders of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of Gresik Regency, East Java, have been granted luxury facilities in the form of new official cars.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The social media monitoring institution, Drone Emprit, analyzed the mass protest demanding the dissolution of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Senay

Timor-Leste's national parliament has approved a US$4 million budget to purchase 65 new cars for lawmakers, which critics say is "irresponsible" in a country where nearly half of its ch

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Deputy House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad on Tuesday defended the controversial Rp 50 million ($3,000) monthly housing allowance for lawma

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Forum Indonesia for Budget Transparency (Fitra) has revealed a significant increase in the 2025 salary and allowance budget for members of the Hous

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Public Policy Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios), Media Wahyudi Askar, has criticized the government's policy of paying the incom

Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – A proposed increase in housing allowances for members of the House of Representatives (DPR) has drawn fierce criticism, highlighting tensions between legislativ

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is exploring the possibility of a fifth amendment to the 1945 Constitution.

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) considered the housing allowance for parliament members as a form of budget extravagance, estimating the total cost at

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi – The Forum Indonesia for Budget Transparency (Fitra) criticized the provision of a housing allowance amounting to Rp50 million per month for House of Representat

Ilham Oktafian, Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament is facing criticism over a Rp 50 million ($3,067) monthly housing allowance for each lawmaker, with analysts cal

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Adies Kadir said the Rp50 million monthly housing allowance for legislators is still reasonable.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesian civil society groups are challenging a controversial law they say enables forced evictions, weakens environmental protections, and encourages el

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Rejection of the newly proposed Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) Bill is ongoing.

Fersianus Waku, Jakarta – Dozens of University of Indonesia (UI) students and activists from the Civil Society Coalition for the Reform of the Criminal Procedural Code held a demonstrat

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Chairperson of the House of Representatives Commission III, Habiburokhman, stated that parliament is planning to draft a special law dedicated to wireta

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Discussions are ongoing in the House of Representatives (DPR) regarding the revision of Law No. 8 of 1981 concerning Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).

Jakarta – Under the moniker Gerakan Rakyat Menggugat (GERAM) PSN, eight civil society organizations and a number of individuals impacted by strategic national projects or Proyek Strateg

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court will summon President Prabowo Subianto and the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) this month to provide explanations in rela

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – A Member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II, Muhammad Khozin, disclosed that the parliament will begin discussing the Election Bill next year

Ilham Oktafian, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Ethics Council of the House of Representatives on Wednesday ruled that lawmaker and musician Ahmad Dhani had violated ethical standards over

Jakarta – There has been a new trend in the House of Representatives (DPR) in the last three years: the Legislation Body has been gaining strength as a producer of laws.

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Member of House Commission III and Deputy Speaker of DPR, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, said that lawmakers have no plan to discuss the amendment to police or the prosec

Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani has denied that the official manuscript of the revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI), which