Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Government watchdog Civil Society Group for State Officials Observation (LMPPN) filed on Monday a report with the House ethics council (MKD) against former House of Repres

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) installed on Monday Ade Komarudin as the new House speaker, replacing Setya Novanto who stepped down on Dec.16 over an alleged ethics br

Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party politician Fahri Hamzah on Sunday confirmed that a party stalwart had urged him to step down as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, as the party drift

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The camp of Aburizal Bakrie has consolidated its power over the Golkar Party by approving a shake-up of the party's faction at the House of Representatives, removing members b

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has yet to receive official resignation letters from Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo and Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Struggling with rivalry and political maneuvering among factions, the House of Representatives has failed to meet its legislation target this year.

Jakarta – The newly appointed speaker of the House of Representatives, Ade Komaruddin, faces an uphill battled trying to win back public trust for a graft-riddled institution that has a

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Lawmaker Fadli Zon was appointed acting House of Representatives speaker on Friday, following the resignation of Setya Novanto on Wednesday, when the House's e

Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon has joined the condemnation of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's recent statement to ban Muslims from enter

Nicholas Jong, National – The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected on Monday a judicial review filed by a civil society organization that had sought to strip the House of Representatives

Jakarta – House Speaker Setya Novanto has once again found himself mired in controversy, this time over his use of his personal luxury sedan for official purposes.

Jakarta – When President Joko Widodo came into office one year ago today, his Awesome Indonesia Coalition made up just 208 out of 560 seats at the House of Representatives, making his administratio

Jakarta – Despite repeatedly dodging questioning and having to explain the mountain of irregularities surrounding their trip to the United States, two House of Representatives leaders who appeared

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A bribery case implicating the NasDem Party's secretary-general, Patrice Rio Capella, has turned political with the House of Representatives stepping in with its plan to sum

Jakarta – The House of Representatives Ethics Council has found several anomalies in the controversial work visit of senior lawmakers to New York last month, during which House leaders also appeare

Jakarta – Antitobacco campaigners have lambasted new provisions in a culture bill recognizing kretek (clove cigarettes) as a part of national cultural heritage and obliging the government to safegu

Tama Salim, Ina Parlina and Fedina S.

Jakarta – Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah has come under fire for urging the Ethics Committee at the House of Representatives to keep quiet about a probe against two of his fellow House leaders over th

Jakarta – Stern opposition continues to mount among government officials and anti-smoking activists against a bid by the House of Representatives to recognize kretek, Indonesia's clove-flavored cig

Jakarta – Legal experts have criticized the latest Constitutional Court ruling that requires law enforcement officers to secure approval from the president before investigating legislators in conne

Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon surrendered a hat and ties he received from US presidential candidate Donald Trump to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Frid

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has aired its confidence that no lawmaker will dare return the higher allowances they will receive despite several parties saying they reject the hike, set to

Jakarta – The Great Indonesian Movement, better known as Gerindra, has dropped a recent decision to bar its lawmakers from going on official overseas trips, now allowing them to make only "benefici

Jakarta – A parliamentary watchdog has lashed out at Indonesian legislators for demanding a hefty increase to their various allowances that already amount to 13 times the minimum wage.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Ethics Council has launched a probe into potential violations committed by House Speaker Setya Novanto and his deputy, Fadli Zon, in what has been dubbed "th

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has issued an official apology for a publicity stunt involving House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto appearing at US presidential hopeful Donald Trum

Jakarta – Indonesian House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon has threatened to sue the prominent Indonesian imam of a New York City mosque after the latter accused him and House Speaker S

Tama Salim and Margareth S.

Jakarta – The work visit to the United States by leaders of the House of Representatives, during which some of them appeared in public with presidential hopeful Donald Trump, cost the Indonesian ta

Jakarta – The surprise appearance of Indonesia's House speaker at a Donald Trump campaign event in New York on Thursday has spawned a torrent of questions back at home, but perhaps none as beguilin

Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) are set to report the House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Setya Novanto and DPR de

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has revived hopes that the government will support its controversial constituency fund mechanism, despite its poor performance in the first 10 mon

Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Setya Novanto said that lawmakers would heed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call to halt the multi-million dollar construction project at the Hou

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Facing various administrative hurdles and a tighter schedule this sitting period, the House of Representatives will only aim to pass a maximum of 16 bills into law, fewer than

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The House of Representatives wrapped up its fourth sitting period for 2015 on Tuesday with none of its scheduled bills being passed into law over the past six weeks.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Lawmakers fuming over President Joko Widodo's decision to reject their proposed "aspirational funds" have played down criticism that the funds are vulnerable to

Tama Salim and Margaret S.

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has rejected the controversial "aspirational funds" proposed by legislators, an official announced on Wednesday, saying the scheme would "clash" with

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a bill allowing the distribution of funds worth Rp 20 billion [US$1.5 million] to each member for the development of their r

Tama Salim and Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is divided over the so-called constituency funds as the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has indicated its

Jakarta – A bid by Indonesian politicians to channel Rp 20 billion ($1.5 million) in pork-barrel funds to every national legislator has met its most powerful detractor yet in former president Susil

Margareth S.

Yustinus Paat, Markus Sihaloho & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Activists and experts continue to criticize attempts by the House of Representatives to introduce a pork barrel scheme, saying that it

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – After failing to obtain state funding for the down payment on their private cars, members of the House of Representatives (DPR) are pushing the government to inc

Hasyim Widhiarto and Margareth S.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Defying public criticism over its poor legislative performance, the House of Representatives officially announced on Wednesday plans to construct new buildings at the Se

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has yet to sign a presidential regulation (Perpres) that would allow the House of Representatives to construct a new multi-storey building in the legislativ

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is once again in the spotlight for its plan to construct a new multi-story building in the legislative complex in Central Jakarta.

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The only law that the House of Representatives (DPR) managed to pass during its third sitting period of the 2014-2015 term was the recently approved 2015 Corruption Eradicat

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has apologized for the behavior of two prominent legislators who were involved in a punch up earlier this month at a hearing w