Tough Election Expected for MPR, DPD Speakers

KOMPAS/HERU SRI KUMORO

Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) take a group photo after attending a plenary session at the Senayan Legislative Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday (30/9/2019). The plenary session was the final hearing for members of the DPR for the 2014 to 2019 period. New DPR members, for the 2019 to 2024 period, will be installed on Tuesday (1/10/2019).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS— Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) senior executive Puan Maharani is to lead the House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 session. Meanwhile, a close race is expected in the elections for the speakers of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD).

The 2019-2024 legislators are to be sworn in at 10 a.m. on Tuesday (1/10/2019). The legislative complex’s Plenary Hall I, the venue of the swearing-in ceremony, was still being decorated on Monday evening.