Who's Watching Over the 'People's Representatives'?

Laws need to be formed to regulate the powers of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the prerogatives of its members.

January 22, 2002

IN written form, the DPR's right of inquiry and interpellation was only included in the 1945 Constitution through an amendment made in 2000. In practice, these rights had been exercised since the revolution of independence. In 1948 an Inquiry Committee was formed under the leadership of Sartono. His task was to investigate the "Delanggu Strike". After discussing the findings of the Inquiry Committee, members of the Indonesian National Central Commit

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