Parliament to Determine Number of House Commissions

Jakarta (Antara) - House leaders will hold consultative meeting on Monday on proposal to increase the number of House Commissions and the format of naming commission leaders and other House departments. "The House leaders hope to decide whether to maintain the present number of 11 existing commissions or to increase it," Marwan Jafar, chairman of the Nation Awakening Party (PKB) faction , said. Marwan said the meeting on Monday is expected to determine the number of commissions but the naming of commission leaders have yet to wait. "There is nothing wrong about the idea of increasing the number of commissions but I strongly oppose it if the motive is only to satisfy some ambition for power," he said. (*)