Accountability, at Last
Tuesday, February 20, 2001
WHICH people do the present members of the House of Representatives (DPR) represent? That question was aired by President Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters when the president was given a memorandum of censure by the House. They reasoned that the decision to hand down the memorandum didn't reflect the aspirations of those who had elected the legislators.
There is some truth in that, if one cares to scrutinize the existing three political laws, namely
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