THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL The People's Representative Council (Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR), sometimes re erred

to as the !ouse o Representatives, is one o two elected national le"islative assem#lies in Indonesia$ To"ether with the Re"ional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah%DPD), a second cham#er with limited powers, it makes up a third cham#er, the People's Consultative &ssem#ly ('a(elis Permusyawaratan Rakyat)$ Powers The DPR has three main unctions, le"islative, #ud"etin" and oversi"ht$ It draws up and passes laws o its own as well discussin" and approvin" "overnment re"ulations in lieu o law and proposals rom the Re"ional Representatives Council (DPD) related to re"ional issues$ To"ether with the president, it produces the annual #ud"et, takin" into consideration the views o the DPD$ It also has the ri"ht to )uestion the president and other "overnment o icials The President o Indonesia does not hold the power to relin)uish the People's Representative Council$ Current composition The People's Representative Council has *+, mem#ers resultin" rom the -,,. le"islative election$ There are representatives rom . political parties "rouped into . actions There are a total o eleven commissions whose (o# it is to discuss matters related to their areas o responsi#ility and ormulate #ills or su#mission to the plenary session o the Council$ The commissions and areas o responsi#ility are: Commission I :De ense, orei"n a airs and in ormation Commission II: Domestic"overnance, re"ional autonomy, state apparatus and a"rarian a airs Commission III: /e"al a airs and laws, human ri"hts and security Commission I0: &"riculture, plantations, maritime a airs, isheries and ood Commission 0: Transport, development telecommunications, and pu#lic works, pu#lic housin", 0I: villa"e Trade, disadvanta"ed areas Commission

industry,investment, cooperatives, small and medium #usinesses and state1owned companies Commission 0II: 2ner"y, natural mineral resources, research and

technolo"y, the environmentCommission 0III: Reli"ion, social a airs, the empowerment o women Commission I3: Demo"raphic a airs, health, manpower and transmi"ration Commission 3: 2ducation, youth a airs, sports, tourism, art and culture Commission 3I: 4inances, national development plannin", #ankin" and non1#ank inancial institutions The commissions can meet with the president or ministers and can hold meetin"s to listen to pu#lic opinion