Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Amidst public condemnation, two commissions from the House of Representatives remain unmoved to conduct study trips abroad despite of the fact that two simultaneous natural disasters are taking place in the country.

House secretary general Nining Indra Saleh told reporters on Tuesday that the commissions were commission XI on Finance and commission V on infrastructure.

"The special committee on the Financial Services Authorization Bill [from commission XI] left for South Korea and Japan on Oct. 31, and the committee on the Flat Housing Bill [from commission V] left on Nov. 1," Nining said. The commission V left for Russia.

Nining said that the budget allocated for a committee to conduct a foreign trip amounted up to Rp 1.7 billion per year. Nining also said that the total budget for foreign trip in 2010 amounted up to Rp 107.3 billion while each legislator going abroad received a consumption budget of US$509 per day.