Confirmation of Regional Election Bill is postponed, What is the quorum limit for the DPR Plenary Meeting?

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Full meeting DPR RI to confirm Regional Election Bill which was controversial on Thursday (22/8) yesterday was postponed because it did not meet the quorum as it was present with only 89 members of the DPR.

The Deputy Chairman of the DPR RI, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, said that the legislators who were not present at the plenary session were out of town on a business trip.

“I received information that this absence was due to the large number of commission trips outside the city on work trips,” said Dasco at the Parliament Center, Jakarta, Thursday (22/8).

“So attendance will be low,” he continued.

The principles for determining the quorum for meetings or hearings are usually set out in the institution’s internal regulations. Referring to Articles 279 and 281 of the DPR Rules of Procedure, the requirement for a quorum in a session is that more than half of the members of the DPR must be present.

Therefore, since there are 575 DPR members, the plenary session can only start if 288 DPR members are present.

If this is not achieved, the meeting will be adjourned a maximum of two times for not more than 24 hours. If this period is still not met, the trial or meeting must go through an initial mechanism through the meeting of the Development Group (Bamus).

Previously, the DPR Legislation Group (Baleg) had agreed to review the regional election law to be ratified at the plenary session of the DPR at a meeting on Wednesday (21/8).

A review of the regional election law was also carried out a day after the Constitutional Court (MK) changed the conditions for regional election application through decision number 60 / PUU-XXII / 2024. However, the DPR did not take to the whole decision.

The bill was approved by eight of the nine groups in the DPR. Only PDIP was rejected. The Regional Election Bill was debated in less than seven hours.

Seeing the behavior of the DPR, a wave of action appeared from the people of Indonesia in several areas, including in front of the MPR / DPR Building, Senayan, Jakarta, which refused to ratify the Regional Election Bill.

This action was part of the ‘Indonesian emergency alert’ movement that went viral on social media after the DPR moved to ignore the Constitutional Court’s decision.

In the end, the DPR ensured that the implementation of the 2024 regional elections would follow the provisions of the decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the conditions for the nomination of regional leaders.

“We reiterate that we are obedient and obedient and abide by the rules at the time of registration, as the Pilkada Bill has not yet become a law, what concerns -the conclusion of the Constitutional Court’s legal review submitted by the Labor Party and Gelora,” said Dasco yesterday.

(rzr/DAL)

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