Budi Gunawan Targets KPK Leaders in Pre-Trial Motion

... Supreme Court regarding an allegation of abuse of authority or negligence or ... should be questioning the person of interest, questioning witnesses, gathering new ... -and-proper test at the House of Representatives, or DPR. Bambang said as the ...

Editorial: Our Democracy, Like Jokowi, Needs Work

... public pressure, the House of Representatives (DPR) approved a law restoring ... restoring regional elections — upward of 86 percent, according to ... for vigilant, vigorous support of the essential institutions upon ... allowed it to pass the House. Joko has no reason ...

Commentary: How TNI Will Elbow Into the National Police's Anti-Terror Role

... Shared responsibility In 2004, the House of Representatives (DPR) enacted the Law on the ... in counterterrorism. Since the threat of radical jihadists transcends national boundaries ... sufficient cover to, on pretext of national security, insinuate themselves ...

Political Analysts Ask Jokowi: Why Can’t You Be More Like Basuki?

... president has over the House of Representatives (DPR), but Joko can learn ... of graft and money laundering. Joko’s inaction allowing the House ... Although lawmakers’ eager approval of Budi has prompted triggered ... a “reshuffle” of the board of directors, citing poor ...

Commission II Approves Decree to Restore Direct Regional Elections

... domestic affairs in the House of Representatives, or DPR, informed government representatives at a meeting ... approved by lawmakers at a House plenary session before becoming legally ... the Red-White bloc, including representatives from the National Mandate Party ...

Anti-Graft Agency Calls First Witnesses in Budi Gunawan Case

... in 2010. While a House of Representatives (DPR) plenary on Thursday last ... Haiti, formerly the deputy of the National Police chief, accepted ... Jamil, who sits on House Commission III, which endorsed  ... "We've asked the House leaders to schedule a consultation ...

Joko Faces Crisis After Plenary Endorses Budi Gunawan

Jakarta. The House of Representatives approved Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan ... , said the arrest of Budi was imminent, regardless of the House's decision ... . Members of the PAN faction called for a meeting between DPR leaders ...

Lawmakers Approve Graft Suspect Budi as Next Police Chief

Jakarta. The House of Representatives, or DPR, has approved Comr. Gen.  ... Azis Syamsuddin, head of Commission III in the DPR. Azis said  ... in October, can be relieved of his duty. Lawmakers approved ... and-proper test at the DPR building in Senayan. Commmission ...

Jokowi's Indonesia: A New Sheriff in Town

... changes, the opposition-led House of Representatives (DPR) seems to have lost ... the vast array of vested interests of an entrenched elite ... free up at least of some of the $25 billion ... One business leader, Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) ...