Of the 530 House members who are present, 264 voted for the motion and 266 voted against it. Thus, the tax mafia inquiry motion is rejectedJakarta (ANTARA News) - The House of Representatives (DPR) in its plenary meeting on Tuesday evening rejected a proposed tax mafia inquiry motion through voting with 266 legislators against and 264 others in favor of the proposal.
"Of the 530 House members who are present, 264 voted for the motion and 266 voted against it. Thus, the tax mafia inquiry motion is rejected," DPR Speaker Marzuki Alie said when closing the plenary meeting on Tuesday.
Earlier, the decision was made through an open voting. In the voting, a total of 145 members of the Democrat Party (PD) faction were present and all voted against the proposal.
The National Mandate Party (PAN) faction members attending the voting totaled 43 and all voted against the proposal. The United Development Party (PPP) faction members who were present numbered 26 legislators, all of whom also agreed to reject the inquiry proposal.
Of the 28 members of the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction, 26 rejected the inquiry. A total of 26 members of Gerindra (Great Indonesian Movement Party) faction were present and all rejected the proposal.
In the meantime, a total of 106 members of the Golkar faction took part in the voting, all of whom were solid to vote for the motion. So was the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle where 84 of its members were present and voted for the move.
The same acceptance also came from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction where 56 of its members voted for the motion. Sixteen legislators from the People`s Conscience Party (Hanura) all voted for the inquiry proposal.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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