"I see some of the existing commissions have to deal with too many working partners among the executive agencies," Tantowi, said in written statement on Monday.
He cited Commission I of which he is a deputy chairman, is a working partner for 13 ministries and other government agencies that it could not work effectively.
In the United States, and Europe, House Commission I deals only with defense and intelligence , foreign affairs and communications and informatics, he added.
The three sectors are different from each other and it is difficult to find legislators mastering just as well the three sectors, he said.
Therefore, the idea of splitting Commission I into two Commissions - one to deal with defense, intelligence an foreign affairs ; and one to deal with communications and informatics should be supporter, he said.
Meanwhile Daniel Johan of the PKB faction questioned the urgency of increasing the number of House commissions.
"It would deserve to be considered if forming more Commission is relevant , but if it is intended to accommodate demand for share in leadership it is unacceptable," Daniel said.
Moreover, addition of commission could be considered only after the new government of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla has announced its cabinet line up, he said.
Addition of commissions means more rooms , staff and operating budget, he said.
The idea of increasing the number of Commissions came first from Setya Novanto , the new House Speaker.
Tubagus Hasanuddin, a law maker from the PDIP faction was against the idea saying the existing 11 commissions are effective enough.
"In my opinion , there is no strong reason for the parliament to form new commissions," Hasanuddin said in a written statement here on Monday.
He pointed to the past experience in 2009-2014 term, saying even with 11 commissions, only 10-20 of 53-55 commission members attend a working meeting and hearing with the government.
"Even in a working meeting, considered very important, attendance were not more than 25," he said.
"In the past four months we have drafted laws by only five of us everyday . I did not know where the other lawmakers had gone," he said.
If the number of commissions was increased it is not unlikely that the attendance would be much smaller, he added.
"What is important is that we need to be more disciplined if we are serious in improving effectiveness and performance and if it is the real purpose," he said. (WDY)
: I Gusti Bagus Widyantara
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