Aqida Swamurti, Jakarta – The Working Committee of the Draft Political Parties Bill has decided that the quota of women's representation in political parties be raised from 30 percent to 35 percent.

The Steering Team at the House of Representatives (DPR) was asked to adjust this provision together with other articles in the Political Party Bill.

"The amount was raised so that we have progress," said Lukman Hakiem, a member of the working committee from the United Development Party (PPP) faction in Jakarta yesterday (7/11).

The women's quota, he said, must be reflected in establishing and management of political parties. n line with the government's proposal, political parties are given a period of five years for adjusting the provision of women's representation in their management.

According to Agus Condro, a working committee member from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), political parties will be unstable if the provision is applied within nine months.

Principally, factions have already agreed upon women's representation, but they need a more detailed formula. "This means parties must overhaul," he said.