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Jakarta – Lawmakers passed the child protection bill into law after months of deliberation, delivering substantial changes to the previous law on child protection, Law 23 of 2003.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – With only two weeks remaining in the five-year term of Democratic Party lawmaker Himmatul Alyah Setiawaty, she admits there is only a slim chance that the re

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government defended the new voting mechanism for selecting House speaker during a hearing at the Constitutional Court o

Tito Summa Siahaan, Jakarta – Legislators are making life difficult for the next administration by rewriting the draft state budget and inserting assumptions that many will dismiss as s

Jakarta – A plenary session at the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Copyright Law, which replaces a previous 2002 law.

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Pressure for president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Gotong Royong coalition to exert influence on rival camps has been mounting, as the House of Representatives h

Jakarta – A motley crew comprising women's rights activists, a legislative body with no actual powers, and a former president said to be trying to cling to power vicariously through her

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Yustinus Paat & Adelia Anjani Putri, Jakarta – The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) together with several women's rights organizations has filed a judicial review

Erwin Sihombing & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Parliamentary watchdogs have lashed out at political parties supporting presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto over a move that will de

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI) named Indonesia's House of Representatives one of the smokiest buildings in Jakarta in a recent report on the effectiveness of the ci

ID/Novy Lumanauw & ID/Ridho Syukra, Jakarta – Indonesia's finance minister will enjoy greater power and less intervention from the House of Representatives' budgetary commission in

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday to limit the budgeting role of the House of Representatives amid concerns that the House's budget committee was too pow

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) officially announced on Wednesday the composition of the next term of the House of Representatives, which will be filled with a mix of o

Jakarta – Researchers from the University of Indonesia's (UI) Center for Political Studies found in a recent survey that women would be less represented among the next batch of lawmaker

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Despite having only a few months left in office, members of the House of Representatives are still committed to passing over one hundred unfinished b

The General Elections Commission (KPU) will not announce the official results of the April 9 legislative election until May 9.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Even though official legislative election results are still pending, pollsters and media have already made their predictions about the coming crop of le

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A number of prominent politicians may lose their seats in the House of Representatives after early results based on quick counts conducted by a number of pol

Banjir Ambarita & Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – The entire membership of the Papua provincial legislature, including a corruption convict and other officials accused of embezzling soc

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has been urged to take concrete action to revise a regulation that allows legislators to receive a pension even after they have b

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Rendi Witular and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – More than 100 Papuan students, who have been awarded full scholarships to study at top universities on Java, have discovered their places

National – The House of Representatives celebrated on Thursday its 68th anniversary with a dismal legislative record and poor attendance by its members.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – It took two trips to Brazil and the United States, at a total cost to the taxpayer of Rp 2.89 billion ($289,000), for legislators to figure out that satellite

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives is set to send another delegation off on an overseas study trip, this time to the United States and Japan, drawing yet more criti

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SP/Robertus Wardi – A parliamentary watchdog has called on the House of Representatives' Ethics Council to take action against lawmakers who frequently skip meetings and plenary session

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Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Despite massive criticism for irrational pronouncements, the House's legal commission members plan trips to three European countries including Russia to '

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Unfazed by the harsh public criticism that has consistently greeted each overseas trip by lawmakers, the House of Representatives Commission X is planning to

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian lawmakers will enjoy a lifelong pension even if they don't complete a full term in office, the acting House of Representatives secretary general co

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesia's women legislators are aiming to get more involved in international forums in their bid to become the best female parliamentarians in Asia.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Activists and legal analysts grouped under the Civil Society Coalition for a Professional Judiciary filed a judicial review with the Constitutional Court on Tuesd

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Members of Parliament used the number of roads unrepaired and in a bad condition as an example to highlight what they say is poor and inefficient budget execution.

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A parliamentary watchdog has called on the majority of Indonesia's lawmakers not to run in the April 2014 legislative election due to poor performance during their current term of offic

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Lawmakers have to follow the constitution and prioritize the common good when it comes to law-making.

Incompetent lawmakers and transactional politics are fouling the legislative process, leading to shoddy laws and a host of constitutional challenges, according to one of the nation's to

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has once again become a target for criticism not only for their poor legislation record but also for its members penchant for tr

Ezra Sihite – The House of Representatives Ethics Council has welcomed findings by a finance watchdog regarding suspicious "fat" bank accounts belonging to 18 House members, but the cou

A parliament watchdog group blamed poor planning on the part of the House of Representatives as the reason for its failure to implement the National Legislative Program, or Prolegnas.

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste is considering drafting legislation criminalizing prostitution in efforts to control the prostitution industry amidst concerns it is flourishing i