Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The intense criticism over lawmakers' overseas study trips is not a message that people want the jaunts stopped, but that they want a greater say in their pla

Olivia Rondonuwu – For anyone interested in the state of democracy in Indonesia, a look at recent headlines is instructive: a lawmaker caught watching porn in the legislature, 15 politi

Banjir Ambarita, Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Officials in Papua on Monday defended the decision to deposit development funds worth Rp 1.25 trillion ($145 million

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The opening of the first lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a controversial new office tower for legislators had to be adjourned on Monday when none

Anita Rachman – Despite recent public outrage about their extravagant spending, lawmakers are set to rack up a bill of close to Rp 13 billion ($1.5 million) on overseas "study" trips ov

Ulma Haryanto – One of the main refrains from members of the House of Representatives who say a costly new office tower needs to be built is, "Our offices are cramped."

Bruce Gale – "We are stuck with this bunch of mostly political clowns for four more years."

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two state-owned contractors implicated in illegal markups in a prior project are among five companies that have passed the first qualification phase for the c

Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – - Though the House of Representatives still refuses to back down from its plan for a new office building, it seems civil society groups have no plans

Anita Rachman – A state budget watchdog on Thursday released data detailing extravagant spending by House Commission I members on comparative study trips.

Anita Rachman – The price of passing legislation will become a lot more expensive if the House of Representatives gets its way – including a proposal to double its hugely controversial

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Poor attendance rates, dismal performance in the last legislative session and embarrassing scandals at the House of Representatives have lent new fuel to pro

Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – With all other efforts proving futile, a group of watchdogs said it would push through with filing a civil lawsuit today to force the leadership of th

Jakarta – Golkar Party legislator Nudirman Munir said Friday that the House of Representatives should not be compared to people who live in shabby shanties.

Camelia Pasandaran – Less than ten minutes after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appeared to ask the House of Representatives to abandon plans to build a controversial new building,

Ismira Lutfia – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the geospatial bill into law, a quarter of a century after it was conceived and numerous name changes later.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Two civil society coalitions threatened to file a lawsuit against the House of Representatives' leadership body over plan to construct a multi-million dollar

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As the House of Representatives faces a volley lawsuits over its plans to build an office tower, some lawmakers have launched a petition to scrap the project.

Bagus BT Saragih and Adianto P.

Anita Rachman – Embattled House Speaker Marzuki Alie lashed out at critics on Wednesday, saying opposition to a controversial office tower project he had approved was only meant to sull

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With Tuesday's passage of the House of Representatives' new code of ethics, lawmakers are no longer allowed to visit brothels and casinos,

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – Nongovernmental organizations should not assume to be representatives of the people's aspirations, the speaker of the House of Representatives said on

Anita Rachman – With lawmakers turning a deaf ear to criticisms of the controversial new House of Representatives office building, a group of watchdogs is preparing to file a lawsuit to

Anita Rachman – The Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday questioned the claim that nongovernmental organizations represented the people, emphasizing that the lawmakers were

Indonesian Twitter users woke up on Satuday to an early morning plane seat mix-up incident that ended with lawmaker Roy Suryo being asked to leave a Lion Air flight.

Anita Rachman – The Regional Representatives Council has begun lobbying political parties to support amending the 1945 Constitution, a council member said on Wednesday.

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – In a widely expected move, the House of Representatives approved a government proposal to indefinitely postpone a scheme to cut subsidized fuel usage.

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representative's Commission XI overseeing finance and national development are planning visit the US and England to research an accounting bill.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – While the nation has been focused on religious violence and corruption scandals, the House of Representatives has been moving ahead with a plan to build a Rp

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As the House of Representatives continues to work on a new code of ethics for its members, nongovernmental organizations say the current draft lacks tough pun

Hasyim Widhiarto – Members of the House of Representatives are apparently so preoccupied with vested interests and unnecessary political bickering that they have left the deliberations

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Paying for sex and gambling may already be illegal, but lawmakers supposedly need reminding with a souped-up code of ethics.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Leaders of three major churches in Papua object to the ongoing selection of new members of the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP), which they say fails to represent

The legal aid organisation, LP3BH, has called on Papuans not to agree to be nominated for a seat on the MRP (Papuan People's Assembly) in the forthcoming elections.

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives on Friday said it would try to raise public awareness of its need for a controversial new office tower in a bid to counter criticisms that t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In its latest hearing with law enforcers investigating the Bank Century bailout, the House of Representatives called on Wednesday for a forensic prob

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' insistence on building a controversial new office tower is an "evil conspiracy" that no amount of public indignation can derail, w

Bagus BT Saragih and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie called on legislators to reject their newly completed official residences because of the p

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives leadership has rebuffed calls by a minor opposition party to halt the construction a new office building for legislators, dismiss

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Heavily criticized last year for widely missing their bill target, legislators did little to instill confidence Monday – the first day of this year's hearing

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Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) says it is confident it can further trim the projected cost of a proposed new House building once discussions on the project

Anita Rachman – House Speaker Marzuki Alie confirmed on Friday that they have set a revised budget for the new building of the House of Representatives.

Anita Rachman – If any government body could use a fresh start in 2011 it is the House of Representatives.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – After a year of political drama and bickering, members of the House of Representatives have proven that their voices speak louder than action after passing

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – If the Aceh legislature has its way, the province will soon have a supreme leader with the authority to dismiss the governor and disband the legislature.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has failed to deliberate 23 bills on the agenda for this year.

Jakarta – Following a massive protest at the Home Affairs Ministry that almost degenerated into violence, the ministry agreed to involve the Association of Indonesian Village Officials

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – House of Representatives leaders on Wednesday defended what critics said was a half-baked revamp of the body's widely derided Ethics Council, saying that factio

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A promised shake-up of the House of Representatives' beleaguered Ethics Council was unveiled on Monday, but the only significant change was the withdrawal of it