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Setya Novanto Reinstated as DPR Speaker

THE Golkar party has decided to reinstate Novanto as speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), replacing Ade Komarudin. The decision was taken at a plenary meeting of Golkar's central committee at the party headquarters in Jakarta last week. "The decision was unanimous," said Nurdin Halid, the party's plenary chairman.

Setya, who is Golkar chairman, was DPR speaker from 2014 to 2015. He resigned after all factions in the DPR Ethics Council agreed that he violated ethics by claiming to speak for President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla in the scandal over a demand for Freeport Indonesia's shares. As a result, Ade Komarudin took over his position.

November 29, 2016