Many Members Of The House Of Representatives Absenced At The Plenary Meeting, The Pilkada Bill Was Canceled Today

Illustration of the DPR Plenary Session (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - The plenary meeting for the ratification of the draft revision of the Law on Pilkada was canceled today. The reason is, many members of the DPR were not present so that the plenary session did not meet the quorum. Originally, the 3rd DPR RI Plenary Meeting for the First Session Period of 2024-2025 with the agenda of Level II Discussions/Decision Making on the Draft Law on the Fourth Amendment to Law Number 1 of 2015 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulations in Lieu of Law Number 1 2014 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors into Law (UU) was held on Thursday, August 22, at 09.30 WIB. However, after more than 15 minutes the plenary meeting room has not been fulfilled by the members of the council. So that the Deputy Chairperson of the DPR RI from the Gerindra faction, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad as the chairman of the session suspended the opening of the plenary meeting. "Brothers, the members and the audience that we honor, in connection with the not yet fulfilling of the requirements for the plenary meeting quorum at today, then in accordance with Article 281 paragraph 3 of the DPR RI's rules, the postponement of the opening of the meeting as referred to in paragraph 2 is carried out within a maximum period of 30 minutes, can it be approved?," said Dasco asking the members of the council present. "Agree," the participants answered. "Thank you for this meeting we suspended," continued Dasco. After approximately 20 minutes had passed, the Plenary Meeting was finally declared postponed. The members of the council who attended were less than half the number of 560 people. "89 "Arrival, 87 people's permits, therefore, we will reschedule the Bamus meeting for a plenary meeting because the quorum is not fulfilled," said Dasco followed by the hammering agreement. It was previously known that the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI agreed to bring the draft Revision of Law (RUU) Number 10 of 2016 concerning Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) to the Plenary Meeting on Thursday, August 22, today. This amendment to the Pilkada Bill annulled the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) which changed the threshold The nomination requirements in the Pilkada. And the age limit for regional head candidates must be 30 years. The agreement brought the draft bill on the Pilkada to the Plenary Meeting was taken in a mini-faction meeting held after the Working Meeting of the Pilkada Bill on Wednesday, August 21. Eight out of nine political party factions approved the change in the bill. Among them are the Gerindra, Democrats, Golkar, PKS, NasDem, PAN, PKB, and PPP factions.

Meanwhile, those who stated that they did not agree with the bill were brought to the Plenary Session only to the PDIP Faction. "Can the results of the discussion of the Bill on the fourth amendment to Law number 1 of 2015 concerning Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 2014 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors be the law that can be processed according to the laws and regulations?," said Deputy Baleg DPR RI, Achmad Baidowi in a meeting at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 21.