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Indonesians Want More Power Given to Regional Representatives Council: Survey Agus Triyono | February 27, 201 Indonesians want more power granted to the Regional Representatives Council to counterbalance the authority of the House of Representatives, a study by the Indonesian Survey Institute suggests. The institute known as the LSI surveyed 1,220 respondents across the country from Dec. 7 to 18 and found that 61 percent said the council, or DPD, should be given the power to deliberate and draft new laws together with the House of Representatives (DPR). Hendro Prasetyo, LSI’s research director, said 71 percent of respondents “want the DPD together with the DPR to scrutinize the RAPBN [state budget proposal],” and 64 percent “want the DPD to be involved in electing public officials.” The survey comes after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested two former members of the House Budget Committee, the Democratic Party’s Muhammad Nazaruddin and National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Wa Ode Nurhayati. A third former Budget Committee member, Democrat Angelina Sondakh, was named a graft suspect but has not been arrested. The arrests seemed to affirm longstanding accusations that budgets had been manipulated and projects directed to the highest bidder. The House’s power to elect top public officials has also come under scrutiny after 28 former and sitting lawmakers were arrested and jailed for taking bribes linked to the appointment of Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Miranda Goeltom in 2004. The DPD has for years sought to amend the Constitution to give itself more powers and put it on an equal footing with the House. Its powers now are limited to advising the House on regional issues. Proposed constitutional changes outlined in a draft bill recently completed by the council include curtailing the legislative role of the executive branch, providing the DPD with the power to impeach the head of state and allowing independent candidates not supported by political parties to run in presidential elections. Last July, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he “accepted the proposal of the DPD regarding the need for a constitutional amendment. “It is always possible to amend the Constitution. … It can be amended for the changing times, the needs of the state and for the urgency of development.” The president also said the decision on an amendment rested with the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), which brings together members of the House and the DPD and is the nation’s highest lawmaking body. He also said public opinion would be considered. But a month later, the president appeared to backtrack, saying “the Constitution should not be amended because of the interests of political elites.” LSI’s Hendro said 65 percent of those surveyed agreed with the notion of changing the Constitution to provide greater power to the DPD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
