REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KUTA -- The House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Marzuki Alie has promised to ensure security at the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference at Nusa Dua in Bali, which will be held from Dec. 3 to 6.

"I promise to secure the WTO conference and fight for the aspirations of the people to create prosperity," the House Speaker said, while inaugurating the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organization (PCWTO) on Monday.

People's aspirations in the present day scenario are related to the dynamics of and challenges posed by various cooperation frameworks and free trade agreements struck at the bilateral, regional, and multilateral levels, Marzuki pointed out.

"Will free trade be able to create prosperity and remove poverty, accommodate the aspirations and interests of developing and developed countries, distribute assets effectively and adequately among the marginal groups which are not part of mainstream development at the local, national, and international levels?" he asked.