Interpellations are Nothing Special

The DPR’s right of interpellation should be accommodated and seen as part of healthy political communication.

April 10, 2007

ALTHOUGH it moved with unnerving speed, gathering signatures of members of the House of Representatives (DPR) to use the right of interpellation is nothing to fear. In just two weeks, more than half the members of the DPR have agreed to ask for an explanation from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno over Indonesia’s support for the UN Security Council resolution against Iran.

If this goes ahead, and President SBY goes to Senayan, it will be the

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