Members of Work Committee for Amendment of Law on People’s Consultative
Assembly, House of Representatives, and Regional House of Representatives (MD3 Act)
of the Legislation Body of the House of Representatives, Taufik Hidayat, said
that Amendment of MD Act is a momentum for the House of Representatives to
improve its reputation, how to restore the positive the positive reputation of
Parliament and its members so they could work conveniently. This was stated
during a meeting of the Work Committee for Amendment of MD Act (Work Committee)
at the Parliament Building in Senayan, Jakarta.
Result of visit of the Work Committee to Hasanuddin University, Makassar,
is the opinion that House of Representatives authority is already sufficient.
What should be done is increasing productivity of the House of Representatives.
So far, there have been negative reports about the House of Representatives
starting from budgeting, overseas trips, and unproductive activities.
There are many things to be improved in the House of Representatives
organization structure. Legislation should be a strong emphasis point in MD3
Act, there should be a rule that will direct or force political parties, in
this case the House of Representatives fractions, to have a strong awareness
about legislation.
Almost all fractions did not have good legislation policy. This is
because at the beginning, legislation matter was not considered by political
parties. While in fact, the main task of the House of Representatives is
legislation task. If it is provided in MD3 Act that each fraction must disclose
its regulation policy to be implemented to the public.
The fractions have the obligation to convey what laws to be passed in a
parliamentary period or in a year. Disclosure becomes a requirement so that
each fraction will make preparations by collecting opinions of public and
experts, discuss them, and study them until they become regulation plans.
Member of House of Representatives, Harry Wijaksono, proposes so that
legislative function can be more emphasized or activated. Actually, it has been
stipulated in MD3 Act and the 1945 Constitution, namely House of
Representatives function is legislative function in addition to budgeting and
controlling. Members of the House of Representatives are reminded not to
improve legislative function. The most striking is Parliament’s supervisory
function. (E)
Business News - December 28, 2012
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