Golkar Official Eyes DPR Top Job

The meeting at the Golkar Party's office at the House of Representatives (DPR), held after lunch on Wednesday last week, was opened by Aziz Syamsuddin, deputy chairman of the Golkar Law Commission. In attendance were politicians from the six parties who supported Prabowo Subianto and his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, in the recent race for president. The meeting was to discuss the draft standing order of the DPR. Invitations were sent out from the cellphone of Setya Novanto, the chairman of Golkar's faction in the DPR, two days in advance.

After two hours, the meeting closed with an agreement that the draft standing order was to be taken to the DPR Consultative Board. "It's slated to be ratified in a plenary session on Tuesday next week," Hasrul Azwar, chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Faction, told Tempo on Thursday last week. The standing order is derived from the Laws on MPR, DPR, DPD and DPRD (MD3), one of which regulates the election of the DPR speaker.