Jakarta -Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament Sufmi Dasco Ahmad responded to the lawsuit to the Constitutional Court (MK) relating to the request for the elimination of the Pension of DPR members. Dasco said the DPR will later follow the decision of the Constitutional Court. “Yes, actually, if the DPR members only follow, because it is a law product that existed since some time ago,” Dasco said on Wednesday (1/10/2025) at Indonesian Parliament Building, Jakarta. Browse to continue the content “Whatever it is, we will present and obey, whatever is the name, the decision of the Constitutional Court. Whatever is decided, we will participate,” he added. Separately, Deputy Speaker of Indonesian Parliament Saan Mustopa also responded to the lawsuit. Saan said that the lawsuit filed with the Constitutional Court was the right of the citizens. “Yes, in my opinion, rights, which are legal, are their rights to perform a substantial test to the Constitutional Court,” he said. DPR, says Saan, respects the decision of the Constitutional Court later later. He did not care if the lawsuit was later granted. “Whatever the results of the Constitutional Court decision are related to the lawsuit over our pension money, we will certainly follow. No, no, there is no objection (if the lawsuit is granted),” he said. It is known, residents named Lita Linggayani Gading and Syamsul Jahidin asked the Constitutional Court (MK) to remove the pension money from members of the DPR. There are a number of things that are the reasons for the two people asking the Constitutional Court to remove the pension money from members of the DPR. Judging by the MK website, Wednesday (1/10), the lawsuit is registered with the case number 176/PU-XXIII/2025. The requester filed a lawsuit against section 1 A, section 1 F, and section 12 of the Number 12/1980 Act regarding financial rights/administration of leaders and members of the highest/high institution and the leadership of the highest/high institution of the state and former members of the state’s high institution. The filor questions the status of members of the DPR as members of the state’s high institution in the Act 12/1980. According to the file, the status members of the House of Representatives made pension money after they did not serve again. The applicant said the existing rules could find members of the House of Representatives a lifetime, even if they only had a period or five years in the DPR seats. The applicant also mentioned that the pension rules such as people’s representatives differ from ordinary workers. In addition to monthly pension money, according to the filor, members of the DPR are also entitled to receive an age allowance of RP. 15 million paid once. He compared the pension system for the DPR members with workers in other fields. “Ordinary people must save through BPJS employment or other retirement programs that are full of conditions. DPR members actually get a lifelong retirement with only one sitting in a parliamentary seat,” he said. (IAL/AZH)
Dasco about the lawsuit to the MK asking to remove pension: whatever we join
