Guarding the Dignity of the DPR
Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) has finally canceled its plan to conduct a working visit to Qatar in late February to early March 2021, following public criticism.
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Several members of the Indonesian House of Representatives chat while waiting for the Plenary Session to start at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (10/2/2021).
Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) has finally canceled its plan to conduct a working visit to Qatar in late February to early March 2021, following public criticism.
This decision should be appreciated, given the relatively low level of public trust in the DPR compared to other state institutions. This reflects, for one, in the results of a surveys conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute from 25-31 January, 2021. In the survey, 71 percent of the respondents said they trusted in the DPR. However, that compares unfavorably to other public institutions, such as the Indonesian Military TNI (95 percent), governors (91 percent), regents/mayors (90 percent), the president (88 percent), and other government institutions (85 percent).