The election of Oesman Sapta Odang as speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) seems like a sign of the institution's ruin. The businessman from West Kalimantan was elected through an improper mechanism. Oesman's position as chairman of the People's Conscience (Hanura) Party will mean the DPD becomes a representative of political partiesand no longer a representative of the regions in line with the constitutional mandate.

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