Carry On, Deputies

The Constitutional Court rules that the existence of deputy ministers is not against the law. These deputies should play a more productive and significant role.

June 13, 2012

The dispute over the deputy ministers shows the true weakness of the legislative process of the House of Representatives (DPR). Last week, the Constitutional Court ruled that the position of deputy ministers in the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was not a breach of the Constitution. The Court ruled that Article 10 of Law No. 39/2008 on State Ministriesone of the legal bases for the appointment of the deputieswas not unconstit

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