Lodewijk F. Paulus Officially Inaugurated As Deputy Speaker Of The House of Representatives To Replace Azis Syamsuddin

Plenary Session at the DPR (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - The plenary session officially appointed the Secretary-General of the Golkar Party, Lodewijk F. Paulus as deputy chairman of the Indonesia House of Representatives to replace Azis Syamsuddin, Thursday, September 30.

The 6th Plenary Meeting of the House of Representatives for the Period of Session I of the 2021-2022 Session Year was chaired directly by the Chair of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani.

Puan said that the House of Representatives leadership had received a letter from the Golkar Party number B 663 on September 28 regarding the interim approval of the Indonesia House of Representatives leadership from the Golkar Party for the remaining 2019-2024 positions and a letter from the Golkar Party faction to the House of Representatives leadership.

According to the Bamus consultation meeting on September 29, said Puan, the letter was finalized today.

Previously, Puan first asked for approval from members of the House of Representatives regarding the dismissal of Azis Syamsuddin.

"The decision to dismiss Azis Syamsuddin as Deputy Chair of the Indonesian House of Representatives for Political and Security Affairs can be approved?", said Puan.

Furthermore, continued Puan, the letter also conveyed a proposal to replace the deputy chairman of the House of Representatives from the Golkar Party Faction from M. Azis Syamsuddin member number A 282 to H. Lodewijk F. Paulus member number A 281.

"In connection with this, we asked the trial participants whether H. Lodewijk F. Paulus could be appointed as deputy chairman of the Indonesia House of Representatives, could it be approved?

After that, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lodewijk was immediately inaugurated and guided by the Pronunciation of the Oath of Office by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Prof. Syarifuddin.