REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) believes that a decision regarding the Golkar Party made by Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly was based on inaccurate and incomplete information.

"Therefore, the DPR's Commission III asks the justice and human rights minister to abide by the ruling of the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN)," Deputy Chairman of the Commission III Benny K. Harman stated during a hearing with Minister Laoly here, on Tuesday evening.

In the hearing's conclusion, the Commission III also urged Minister Laoly to not take any action regarding Golkar, pending a final ruling by the PTUN.

During the hearing, the Commission also requested the minister to address the security issue of the Nusakambang prison and to present an academic note and a draft of the Book of Criminal Laws (KUHP).

Minister Laoly recently announced the government's recognition of Golkar Party under the leadership of Agung Laksono, a rival of incumbent Aburizal Bakrie.

The critics stated that Yasonna Laoly, from President Joko Widodo's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), has vested interests in backing Agung Laksono who has made it clear that he wants to take Golkar out of the opposition Red-White Coalition (KMP) and into the pro-government Great Indonesia Coalition (KIH).

The Jakarta PTUN recently issued the suspension as part of its ongoing hearing of a lawsuit filed by Aburizal Bakrie's camp against Minister Laoly's decision to recognize the rival camp led by Agung.

The court "grants a motion to suspend the implementation of all objects in contention as demanded by the plaintiff," Judge Teguh Satya Bhakti, who presided over the case, stated in his preliminary ruling.

The court also ordered "the suspension of the implementation of the Justice Ministry's letter" recognizing Agung's claim to the chairmanship, "until [the court] makes its final ruling", the Jakarta Globe reported recently.

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