Senayan’s Surprise Push

The DPR’s investigation does not have to end in the government’s fall. But its national energy policy needs to be scrutinized.

July 1, 2008

AFTER failing three times in the last three years to use its right of inquiry, the House of Representatives (DPR) last week agreed to use it on the government’s policy of increasing fuel prices. This was surprising indeed, given the general impression that the DPR was “controlled” by the executive branch. This impression emerged after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ignored summons from Senayan (as the DPR building is known) in the last

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