Jakarta (Antara) -- Five factions of the Red-White coalition were elected to lead the commissions of the House of Representatives (DPR) during the election of commission leadership at the parliament building here on Wednesday.
The five factions included those of the Golkar Party, the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and the Democratic Party (PD).
Three deputy house speakers, Fadli Zon of the Gerindra faction, Fahri Hamzah of the PKS faction and Agus Hermanto of the PD faction, led the session, during which the chiefs of 10 of the 11 commissions in the parliament were elected.
Only members of five divisions of the Red-White coalition were present at the session.
Members of the other five factions---the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the National Awakening Party (PKB), the National Democratic Party (NasDem), the People's Conscience (Hanura) Party, and the United Development Party (PPP)---did not show up at the meeting. (*)
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