Jakarta – It is suspected that politicians on a House of Representatives inquiry committee intentionally spread misinformation about the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Indonesia Corruptio

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Venidora Oliveira 00 The Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP) considers grave that five members of the national parliament raised their objection and did not make an intervention during the pl

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will add 19 seats in the 2019 legislative election, bringing a total of 579 lawmakers in the legislative body.

Paulina Quintao – MPs continue to arrive late for parliamentary sessions, according to observations made by the Judicial System of Monitoring program (JSMP).

Jakarta – Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) secretary-general Anwar Abbas has suggested the establishment of an MUI "faction" within the House of Representatives, which would work to strengthen Islami

Jakarta – A brawl erupted between two members of the legislature during at the funeral of a community leader in Jeneponto, South Sulawesi, on Sunday, after one reportedly took offense to being accu

Jakarta – More politicians have expressed support for a plan to add more seats at the House of Representatives, saying the current 560 seats are no longer representative given the number of newly e

Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) saw yet another plenary session spiral into chaos on Tuesday, as internal power struggles continue to intensify.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Monday's plenary session of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) erupted in chaos when councillors began protesting the eligibility of speakers tasked with le

Jakarta – During its working visit to Germany, the special committee tasked with deliberating the election bill found that the country was no longer implementing e-voting because it was prone to ha

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has denied a circulating provocative message reportedly conveyed by TNI commander Gen.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – It was a meeting in which everyone involved could score political points.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will resume overseas working visits for all lawmakers under the leadership of newly installed speaker, Setya Novanto.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Political dynamics at the House of Representatives catapulted controversial senior politician and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto back into the

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto has cleared his way toward regaining his post as House of Representatives speaker after securing permission from the party's advisory board.

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The planned return of controversial Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto to the House of Representatives' top post has inevitably received a mixed reaction but it is

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Safrin La Batu, Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – His political career having hit rock bottom following an alleged scandal involving a giant mining firm, Golkar Party chairman and fo

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Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission VI head Teguh Juwarno has said the House would secure enough votes to support the operation of state-owned PT Semen Indonesia's cement factory in Remba

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is facing further turbulence following a power struggle between its commissions, for which House Speaker Ade Komarudin, a Golkar Party

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Golkar Party may fall into another crisis if supporters of chairman Setya Novanto press ahead with their plan to unseat his rival, Ade Komarudin, as House of Re

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The country may have more legislators in 2019 as the government plans to increase the number of seats at the House of Representatives from the current 560, which so

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Jakarta – The House of Representatives' ethics council has revoked a verdict which found former speaker Setya Novanto – now Golkar chairman – guilty for violating the legislative body's ethical cod

Haeril Halim and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The recent arrest of Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Speaker Irman Gusman on a bribery charge may hinder the council's move to gain more leg

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A plan to expand the power of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), a branch of the country's legislature representing the country's provinces, has been met w

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has consolidated power so well that his blunder in appointing American national Arcandra Tahar a minister – a move so

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – There are many ways to examine the performance of an institution; the most commonly practiced is through quantitative performance evaluation.

Venidora Oliveira – Many MPs routinely break the parliamentary regulations by coming late, failing to sign in and not attending plenary sessions, the Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP) said.

Jakarta – Indonesian Parliament Watch (Formappi) described the House of Representatives (DPR) performance during the 2015-2016 fourth sitting period as lacking – far from meeting the public's expec

Jakarta – Indonesia's most prominent antigraft watchdog urged the Corruption Eradication Commission to launch an investigation after a recent audit found irregularities surrounding some of the work

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has denied allegations made in a Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) 2015 report on the House's secretariat general, that some lawmakers' work vis

Jakarta – The House of Representatives ended its current assembly period with a plenary session on Friday (29/04), as it goes into recess until May 17 without having passed a single bill.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – House of Representatives leaders dipped deeper into the internal conflict within the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on Monday after they decided to scrutinize the dismissal

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – More political party factions at the House of Representatives are expressing opposition to the House speaker's costly new library construction plan, saying such a pro

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin insisted on Monday that he would press ahead with his ambitious plan to build the largest library in Southeast Asia i

Jakarta – House of Representatives ways and means committee deputy chairman Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah said on Tuesday that a plan to expand the House complex was still on track despite the governm

Haeril Halim and Tama Salim, Jakarta – As a backlash against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to delay revisions of an anticorruption law, the House of Representatives is rife with lobbying to

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan legislator Laurenzus Kadepa accused the Indonesian Government of lacking ideas to solve problems in Papua.

Venidora Oliveira – The Director of the Directorate of Plenary Support of the National Parliament, Armando Machado said that in 2015, members of parliament were able to pass 10 new pieces of legisl

Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon said that former president Soeharto had contributed a lot to the country and that he should be remembered as one of the country's m

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives agreed to reduce the length of their recess periods and limit overseas work visits in a bid to improve their poor performance, the speaker said on