A HOUSE of Representatives (DPR) group revising Law No. 25/1999 on the Central and Regional Financial Balance will finish their work on Tuesday. The DPR group will probably reject the demands of the regions—for example Riau and East Kalimantan—for an increase in their share of oil and gas revenues.

The problem is not the refusal of the DPR to increase the regions' share of revenues, but the legitimacy of the DPR to agree to or reje