News Source: The Jakarta Post
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Under Soeharto, the House of Representatives was a mere rubber-stamping body. There was no system of checks and balances at all at that time. The danger of repeating Soeharto's absolute power now, however, is real...Different from his first 2004-2009...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
Bowing to public pressure, it also incorporates demands that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) retain its authority to wiretap and prosecute suspects. Indonesia will soon have 33 corruption courts at the provincial level and more than 400...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta Wed, 09/30/2009 11:42 AM Special Report “Women should come up with something,” once declared Nova Riyanti Yusuf — a 32-year-old legislator who holds a doctorate decree in mental health from...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
Less than one-third of current House members were re-elected, meaning that most of House members for the 2009-2014 period are new faces at the House. Several of the new legislators, however, are not unfamiliar, as voters elected numerous prominent...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
KPK legal bureau head Khaidir Ramli told reporters that investigators Wisnu Baroto and Roni Santana have arrived at the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta. KPK deputies Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto were naems suspects two weeks...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
The Democratic Party, which won April’s legislative elections, will dominate the next House, with around 26 percent of the seats, or 148 out of 560 seats. Despite the bloc’s already significant size, the Democratic Party, which President Susilo...