Only Regarding Paper, Members Of The DPD's Great Debate At The Plenary Session

The DPD RI Plenary Session at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Friday (12/7/2024). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The implementation of the 12th DPD RI Plenary Session for the V Session of the 2023-2024 Session Year was marked by interruptions and debates over objections to the use of paper in the trial process.

One of the interruptions of objections emerged from members of the DPD RI Aceh Electoral Region (Dapil), Fachrul Razi.

According to him, in this era of technology, the use of paper is irrelevant because it is not environmentally friendly.

"Leaders, how many trees should be cut down if there is continued use of paper," Fachrul told the chair of the session led by the Deputy Chairman of the DPD RI Nono Sampono, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, July 12.

The action began when the DPD RI Drafting Committee (PPUU) submitted a performance report at the beginning of the trial. Then a member of the DPD RI from the West Papua electoral district, Filep Wamafma, said that not all session participants received the report document.

He then asked the chairperson of the trial to have the secretariat general provide the report in question. But Fachrul objected because the document used paper.

"It's not a matter of paper, it's a matter of court documents," said Filep.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the DPD RI Nono Sampono said that the secretariat had provided barcodes when para signed the attendance list, which contained digital documents that could be accessed.

Then the secretariat also displayed a barcode on the big screen in the plenary session room. According to him, the announcement regarding barcodes had already been made.

However, a member of the DPD RI from the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) electoral district, Angelius Wake Kako, asked the secretariat to send documents of court materials via electronic mail or e-mail. Because he admitted that he was not informed about the barcode.

"We all have e-mails, this is the member's right to be the institution's decision, just blast e-mail, it won't take five minutes," said Angelius.

The plenary session was attended directly by 91 members, out of a total of 136 members of the DPD RI from all regions in Indonesia. Representatives of each province were also present at the trial.

The Plenary Session of the DPD RI scheduled a report on the implementation of the completeness equipment task and continued with the ratification of the decision. Even though it was led by the Deputy Chairperson of the DPD RI Nono Sampono, DPD RI Chairman AA LaNyalla Mattalitti was also present at the leadership table and Deputy Chairperson of the DPD RI Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin.