SAMARINDA, KOMPAS.com- The Golkar faction of the East Kalimantan DPRD has confirmed that it will be present at the plenary session for proposing the right to inquiry which is scheduled for June 10 2026.
However, this presence does not mean approval.
此前，提出的询问权也是前段时间抗议者提出的要求。 They asked for the right of inquiry to investigate the East Kalimantan Provincial Government (Pemprov) budget policy.
Among the highlights are the procurement of official cars of around IDR 8.5 billion and the renovation of the governor’s and deputy governor’s residences of around IDR 25 billion.
Member of the East Kalimantan DPRD from the Golkar faction, Sarkowi V Zahry, confirmed that the Golkar faction would be fully present at the plenary meeting after completing the recess period from 2 to 9 June 2026.
However, this presence does not automatically mean that Golkar will agree to the right to inquiry.
“We will be present. But being present does not mean that we agree with the use of certain rights. Each of us has an attitude,” he said, when met, Thursday (28/5/2026).
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Sarkowi also reminded that the road to inquiry rights is still long and will not necessarily be smooth.
According to him, the proponent of the right to inquiry must be able to meet the plenary quorum requirements.
Because of this, he believes that the fate of the right to inquiry is still very open, whether it could continue to the investigation stage or even die at the plenary table.
“Whether it will continue or not, we will see later whether there is a quorum, whether the decision making is in accordance with the rules or not. So it could be that it will continue, it could also be that it will fail because there are those rules,” he said.
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He emphasized that his party would not obstruct the process of proposing the right to inquiry as long as the mechanism followed was in accordance with statutory regulations.
“As long as it complies with existing regulations in our country, we will definitely participate,” he said.
Sarkowi explained that from the start the Golkar faction viewed all of the DPRD’s supervisory rights – including interpellation, questionnaires, and the right to express opinions – as constitutional instruments that were legitimate for council members to use.
However, Sarkowi admitted that Golkar actually encouraged the use of the right of interpellation rather than the right of inquiry.
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