Jakarta, (Antara)- The Steering Committee of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) in a meeting here on Monday endorsed the appointment of Ade Komaruddin as new House speaker to replace Setya Novanto, a legislator stated.
Komaruddin would be installed during a plenary meeting of the DPR on Monday, January 11, Jhonny G. Plate, deputy chairman of the Nasional Democrat (Nasdem) Party, noted at the Parliamentarian building, here, Monday.
All political parties' factions in the Parliament endorsed the appointment of Komaruddin, he added.
"There is a need to fill the vacancy in the DPR leadership, so that it could perform and meet the public's expectations," he said, citing the reason for the decision.
The Golkar Party, in a letter signed by its chairman, Aburizal Bakrie, and Secretary General Idrus Marham, proposed the name of Komaruddin as the sole candidate to replace Novanto, a Golkar politician who resigned from his post as House speaker following his involvement in the Freeport scandal.
Novanto stepped down from the top position in the Parliament after all members of the House's ethics council (MDK) voted that he was guilty of breaking the code of ethics.(*)
