Dec 18, 2015 | Law, Politics
A meeting of elite of Golkar Party at Bakrie Tower last night has decided to exchange the positions of Setya Novanto and Ade Komaruddin in the House of Representatives (DPR). Ade will become the new House Speaker, while Novanto will return to his old position as Head...
Dec 17, 2015 | Industries, Law
One of the creditors of PT Effendi Textindo, Ngudi Tri Lestari, filed a lawsuit against the former’s bankruptcy curators. Ngudi Tri Lestari supposedly found defects on the asset auction process that caused the creditor losses. In addition to suing the curators,...
Dec 16, 2015 | Law, Politics
Golkar lawmaker Setya Novanto has on Wednesday, Dec 16, submitted his resignation as speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) in the middle of a process at the Ethics Council of DPR (MKD). MKD read out Novanto’s letter after nine out of 17 council members...
Dec 16, 2015 | Law, Politics
Ethics Council of the House of Representatives (DPR) has listened to opinion of 15 out of 17 members regarding the verdict for House Speaker Setya Novanto this afternoon. Interestingly, six lawmakers from the so-called Red-and-White Coalition (KMP) found Novanto of...
Dec 16, 2015 | Law, Politics
Throughout 2015, the House of Representatives (DPR) ratified 15 laws, of which only 2 are parts of the 39 laws that was planned for enactment as per the 2015 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas). Suffice it to say, the DPR failed to perform in 2015. They have...
Dec 15, 2015 | Law, News Group
The former Regent of Temanggung Totok Ary Prabowo, who is wanted in connection with the 2004 educational funds graft case, was finally arrested. He was at Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Totok was handed over to the Attorney General on Saturday last week. Totok was arrested on...
