Bizman suspected as legislator Royan`s briber

The high class bribe.. "Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday declared businessman Dedi Suwarsono as the person suspected to have bribed House of Rpresentatives (DPR) member Bulyan Royan in the procurement of patrol boats for the...

PKS hopes Yudhoyono to come to parliament over fuel price hikes

""We hope the president will be present in the House to answer the questions in the inquiry and thus show the government`s seriousness in facing the matter," PKS President Tifatul Sembiring said after attending a function titled "National Launch of Candidates for Membership...

House can now summon anybody involved in oil industry, trade : legislator

""It means the House now has the authority to investigate the government`s policies on the management of fuel oils , including its policy of raising the fuel oil prices by 28.7 percent last May," he said. Through the inquiry, it was hoped the government`s policies on the...

TNI chief suggests govt renegotiate NAMRU-2

"National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Gen Djoko Santoso has suggested that the Indonesian government renegotiate its cooperation with the US Naval Medical Research Unit-2 (NAMRU-2).Speaking to the press after attending a function marking the swearing-in of constitutional...

Purnomo says government ready to explain reasons for fuel price hikes

"Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the government was ready to explain to the House of Representatives (DPR) its reasons for raising domestic fuel oil prices recently."We are waiting for the questions from the House and will answer them. We will...

House probe unrelated to impeachment, says spokesman

""Regarding impeachment, the Constitution is clear in stating that under the presidential system, it can happen only when the president has committed one or more of certain serious offenses. So, we need to differentiate between rules in the old Constitution and those in the...

RI seeking more support for IPU presidency bid tt ASEP V meeting

"While participating in an Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership meeting here, Indonesia is to seek the support of other countries for its bid to get elected as president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono...

New Focus : Golkar Party to change stand on SBY-JK government

"In the run up to the 2009 general elections, legislators of the Golkar Party made a surprise statement last week. The Golkar faction (FPG) in the House of Representatives (DPR) said it was considering changing its political stand and orientation towards the government of...

Trash importation into Indonesia officially banned

""With the law on trash management, importation of trash into Indonesia has been officially banned. Otherwise, the country will become a trash barn," Ilyas Asaad said.The House of Representatives at a plenary session here on Wednesday passed the bill on trash management into...