DPR speaker acknowledges factions' input on right to express opinion

Jakarta (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani said the DPR leadership had received various inputs from political party factions during the recess regarding the Right to Express Opinion (Hak Menyatakan Pendapat/HMP).

“Of course, the DPR leadership will then process those inputs,” Puan said after a plenary meeting at the parliament complex in Jakarta on Tuesday.

She said that after the DPR's session period resumed, its leadership would continue to listen to input on the matter, including options regarding the mechanisms and procedures that could be pursued.

Earlier, Head of the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction group in DPR Commission II, Muhammad Khozin, said that the option of using the Right to Express Opinion mechanism in response to the issue surrounding Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's diploma was being considered and finalized.

He said the issue surrounding Gibran's diploma constituted a historical test for Indonesia as a state based on the rule of law. Given the existing constitutional realities, he considered the HMP mechanism an ideal option.

In addition to Khozin, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Central Executive Board Chair and Deputy Chair of DPR Commission XIII Andreas Hugo Pareira said that the Right to Express Opinion mechanism available to DPR members was the most rational, effective, and efficient way to address the issue surrounding Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's diploma.

However, he said PDIP would not submit a proposal to exercise the Right to Express Opinion at the DPR plenary meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

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