REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- A leading member of the House of Representatives said debate on the controversial tax amnesty bill could be wrapped up in May.

Chairman of the Commission XI of the House Ahmadi Noor Supit said it would be impossible to finish debate during this period of parliamentary session.

"I think we could rush to finish it before the draft revision of the state budget was passed into law. Hopefully we could do it end of May," Supit said after a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla here on Wednesday.

He said the parliament would invite a number of academicians , business leaders, and economists to discuss and study the bill.