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THE DYNAMICS AND ROLES OF DPR-RI IN IMPROVING THE LIFE OF THE NATION
IN THE REFORMATION ERA (1998-2018)

received the most votes were automatically assigned to the leadership of
the DPR. However, after the Laws on MPR, DPR, DPD, DPRD (UU MD3)
were revised, the pattern of election for DPR leadership changed. These
changes made the five DPR leaders elected directly by members of the
DPR. In the process of electing the leadership of the DPR, there were also
dynamics of its own. The Great Indonesia Coalition, namely PDIP, Hanura
Party, PKB, and NasDem, chose to walk out. Later, in 2018, Utut Adianto
from the PDIP Faction also became the Deputy Speaker of the DPR for
State Financial Accountability and the Household Affairs.

The position of speaker of Setya Novanto lasted for approximately one
year and two months, from 2 October 2014 to 16 December 2015. Nov-
anto submitted a letter of resignation as Speaker of the DPR for the 2014-
2019 period to the Ethics Council (MKD). This was the aftermath of the
“Papa Asks for Shares’’ (Papa Minta Saham) scandal.

After Setya Novanto resigned, there was a vacancy in the position of the
Speaker of the DPR. Fadli Zon later became the acting Speaker of the
DPR RI from 18 December 2015 to 11 January 2016. However, it turned
out that the process of resignation from the position of the Speaker of
the DPR had to go through a lengthy mechanism. There were separate
regulations regarding the resignation of the Speaker of the DPR, which
was a fairly long process.

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