Anita Rachman, Jakarta – An "F." That, according to a respected Indonesian nongovernmental organization, is the report card for the country's heavily criticized House of Representatives after a year-long assessment.

Sebastian Salang, coordinator of Concerned Citizens for the Indonesian Legislature (Formappi), released its annual assessment of the House, also known as the DPR, on Thursday and graded six key areas, namely legislating, budgeting, monitoring, performance of the House commissions, aspiration absorbance and the House Ethics Council.

"Procedurally, they had held meetings and monitoring. But when we look at the results... they have been doing a poor job that is far beneath expectations," Sebastian said. "They got an F."

He slammed the House and the sitting group of legislators for passing just eight bills since they were sworn in on Oct. 1 last year, with only one of the bills listed on the he National Legislation Program (Prolegnas).

There was no chance the House would meet its target of enacting or amending 70 bills by the end of the year, he said.

He also lambasted legislators for criticizing the government simply to increase "their budgeting position" for their own vested interests and slammed the House for spending 52 percent of its Rp 1.22 trillion ($137 million) budget on international and domestic travel.

"I am afraid that if we don't warn them, next year they will spend 70 percent of their budget on travel, he said."

He said the Ethics Council had received 22 reports so far this year but most had not been processed. The House is regarded as one of Indonesia's most corrupt institutions.