The House Of Representatives Has The Potential To Regulate The Policy Of State Officials Through The Revision Of The Orders

Photo Certificate: Illustration of Tatib that has the potential to allow the DPR to regulate state officials. (Ist)

JAKARTA Lecturer of Law at Mulawarman University, Orin Gusta Andini assessed that through the revision of the newly passed Orders, it has great authority for the DPR so that it has the potential to regulate policies and behavior of high-ranking state officials.

As is known, the Legislation Body of the DPR approved the revision of DPR Regulation Number 1 of 2020 concerning Order or the DPR's Procedures proposed by the Honorary Court (MKD). In the revision, the MKD proposed the addition of one article, namely Article 228A.

This article gives the authority for the DPR to conduct periodic evaluations of the heads of institutions and ministries agreed at the plenary meeting. The evaluation will be carried out by the relevant commission and the results will be binding to be followed up in accordance with the applicable mechanism.

With the ratification of the revision of the contract, all state officials appointed in the DPR plenary meeting can be evaluated by the parliament, including the KPK leaders, KPU commissioners, Bawaslu members, as well as MK and MA judges.

"This is a bit funny and intriguing. If then what is meant by the evaluation is the limit up to the removal process, it means that there is a kind of wrong jumping conclusion from DPR members," said Orin, Sunday, February 9, 2025.

"Several strategic state institutions that are primarily tasked with eradicating corruption, including carrying out strategic functions, could at any time be thwarted if they are deemed inappropriate and cannot be intervened," he continued.

Therefore, he questioned the hierarchy of regulations that seemed to place the DPR's characteristics above the Law (UU). The reason is, the revision of the DPR's Tatib seems to ignore other legal rules contained in the law. If we talk about the correct way of thinking of legislation, in terms of hierarchy, it should be a law that is used as a basis, not a statutory," he added.

The way DPR members think is wrong if the rules are used as a basis for removing, for example, the leadership of the KPK or the Constitutional Court. How is it possible that an ant class can beat an elephant in its large size? So it can't be prescribed by law," said Orin.