DPR Will Have An Aspiration Body, Its Duties Are Complaints Places For All People

JAKARTA - In addition to the addition of two commissions to the board's equipment (AKD), the DPR agreed to form a new body, namely the Aspiration Body. The chairman of the DPR RI, Puan Maharani, said that this agency would be tasked with accommodating the aspirations of the community.

"There will be one additional agency that will later be tasked with supporting the aspirations of the community. The community's aspirations agency," said Puan at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday (14/10/2024).

The establishment of the Aspiration Body has been agreed upon at the DPR Leadership Meeting as well as a Consultation Meeting with the leaders of the factions held today. In the meeting, Puan also said that it had been agreed that there would be an addition of commissions from 11 to 13 commissions.

"We just finished agreeing together with the 8 factions in the DPR that there were 2 additional commissions in the DPR," explained the first woman to serve as Chair of the DPR RI,

"It has been determined. However, related to partners, we are still waiting for an announcement from the next president to announce his ministry," added Puan.

Puan said that the agreement to add 2 new commissions of the DPR was to harmonize or synergize the performance of legislative institutions with the executive so that the DPR could carry out the legislative, budgeting and optimal supervision functions.

"The addition of 2 commissions in the DPR to be able to participate in aligning or synergizing with the upcoming government plans with the addition of ministries as planned by the government so that there is indeed harmony and synergy between the legislature and the executive," he explained.

The agreement for the addition of the new AKD will be brought to the Plenary Meeting to be an agreement with the DPR tomorrow, Tuesday (15/10). In today's meeting, it was also agreed that the proportion of the placement of AKD leaders from the factions was carried out according to the deliberation mechanism for consensus.

"Alhamdulillah, (the determination of the AKD leadership) in deliberation and consensus we can resolve it well, calmly, peacefully, coolly the decision on the composition and agreement of who (the AKD leader) is)," said Puan.

Puan emphasized that the election for AKD leadership based on the proportions that have been held in each commission will be delivered by each faction later.

"In accordance with the proportionality, the number of members is there, who then leads the commissions of the 13 existing commissions, the existing AKD. Later, after we announce who the partners are, we will announce the leadership," said the former Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture.

"Tomorrow there is a plenary session. It must be sooner or later that every faction leader will announce who will be the leader of each commission," added Puan.