JAKARTA – The House of Regional Representatives of Republic of Indonesia (DPD RI) held the 8th plenary session for session III in the year 2022–2023.
This plenary session is scheduled to hear the oath reading or interim replacement appointments (PAW), reports on the implementation of fittings, DPD RI decision-making, and closing speeches to end the session III for the year 2022–2023.
While presiding over the session, the Vice chairman of DPD RI Mahyudin appealed that the prices of basic commodities would increase significantly as the holy month of Ramadan is coming, just like what happened in these past few years.
It, according to him, surely will burden the community.
“The rising prices and scarcity of supply of basic commodities which occur almost routinely before the month of Ramadan, need to be monitored and controlled,” said Mayhudin in the session that took place in Nusantara IV, Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Friday (17/2).
“It shows that food governance in Indonesia still has loopholes that can be exploited by certain elements.”
DPD RI leaders, he continued, asked Committee II DPD RI to be able to coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade, BULOG, and related agencies regarding this matter.
He also asked all DPD RI members to communicate with local governments in controlling the prices of basic commodities.
“We hope that through intensive coordination and communication with relevant agencies, price stability for these basic necessities can be realized, especially ahead of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr this year,” said Mahyudin.
On the other hand, the DPD RI strongly condemned the act of burning Al-Qurans by Swedish right-wing politicians.
This heinous act is considered to hurt the hearts of Muslims around the world.
Therefore, DPD RI encouraged the Swedish authorities to take firm action on this real action of Islamophobia.
“Racist actions in any form cannot be justified. Insulting and harassing religion in the name of freedom of expression should not be tolerated,” said the senator from East Kalimantan.
In the report of fittings, the Vice chairman of Committee I DPD RI Darmansyah Husein said that his party had compiled the opinion of DPD RI on eight provincial bills.
During session III for the 2022–2023 Session Year, Committee I DPD RI has carried out supervision of the implementation of Law no. 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.
“Committee I in today’s session asked for ratification of the views on the bill as intended to become a DPD RI decision,” he said.
Meanwhile, Vice chairman of Committee II DPD RI Bustami Zainudin explained that, during this session, his party had supervised the implementation of Law no. 39 of 2014 concerning Plantations.
The recommendation for this supervision is that the DPD RI urges optimization and harmonization of plantation management as a whole and integral in all components–in the management of its natural resources, human resources, production facilities, tools and machinery, cultivation, harvesting, processing, and the marketing aspect.
“We ask this honorable council session to authorize oversight of the implementation of Law no. 39 of 2014 concerning Plantations,” he said.
On the same occasion, Vice chairman of Committee III DPD RI Muslim M Yatim said that Committee III DPD RI had completed two monitoring results on the implementation of the law.
First, the results of DPD RI supervision of the implementation of Law no. 11 of 2010 concerning Cultural Conservation, and the results of DPD RI supervision of the implementation of Law no. 18 of 2014 concerning Mental Health.
“With the completion of the intended preparation of Committee III products, at this session, we asked the leaders and members of the DPD RI to be able to decide and ratify our two products,” he said.
Chairperson of Committee IV DPD RI Elviana said, during this session, her party had carried out its constitutional duties.
The implementation of the legislative function is the preparation and ratification of academic texts and the bill on amendments to Law no. 1 of 2016 concerning Guarantees.
“The next series of activities related to finishing the preparation of academic papers and the draft bill on amending the Guarantee Law will be carried out during the next session,” she said.
