JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – House Speaker Setya Novanto confirmed that the 2014-2019 House of Representatives (DPR) will maintain current 11 working commissions.
Novanto, also Treasurer of Golkar Party, stated that DPR will maintain the current number of working commission even though President-elect Joko “Jokowi” will add or reduce the number of his cabinet.
As reported earlier, the House leaders have met with the leaders of the nine factions of political parties on Tuesday (Oct. 14) in effort to reach an agreement on the number of the working commissions.
Previously, the opposition group at the DPR known as the Red-and-White coalition have thrown out an idea to add the number of the commissions from 11 to 13.
On the other side, the ruling coalition affiliated to President-elect Jokowi wants to reduce the number of the commissions from 11 to 9.
Jokowi himself earlier said that his cabinet line ups will consist of 33 ministers, including 4 coordinating ministers. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)