Melani Leimena Suharli

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Melani Leimena Suharli
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Member of People's Representative Council
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1 October 2009

Melani Leimena Suharli (born 27 January 1951) is an Indonesian politician from the Democratic Party who has been a member of the People's Representative Council since 2009. Between 2009 and 2014, she served as the deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly.

Biography

Melani Leimena Suharli was born in Jakarta on 27 January 1951. Her father, Johannes Leimena, was a deputy prime minister and is a National Hero of Indonesia, and founded the Indonesian Christian Party. [1] [2] Although her extended family are Christians, Suharli adheres to Islam [3] and she owns a Hajj travel bureau company known as Al-Amin, which was accused of benefiting from preferential treatment from the Ministry of Religious Affairs. [4]

Suharli was elected to the People's Representative Council in the 2009 Indonesian legislative election representing Jakarta's 2nd electoral district as part of the Democratic Party, [5] and was elected as deputy speaker for the People's Consultative Assembly. [6] She was reelected from the same electoral district in the 2014 legislative election, [7] and was assigned to the body's sixth commission. [8]

Suharli criticized the fact that corruption convicts still received pension payments and requested a revision of the existing laws to revoke such payments. [9] She pushed for a proposed sexual violence bill to be included in the country's legislative program in 2015, and called for the government to declare a sexual assault emergency, citing increasing occurrences. [10] In 2018, Suharli called for increased female representation in the People's Representative Council, [11] and for a funding increase for the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs to increase the number of entrepreneurs. [12]

She was reelected in 2019 after winning 36,157 votes. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Rahman, Arif (26 April 2018). "Melani Leimena Suharli Melanjutkan Cita-Cita di Parlemen". Women's Obsession (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Monumen Pahlawan Dr J Leimena Dibangun". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 19 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Sholeh, Muhammad (20 August 2012). "Semangat toleransi di rumah Wakil Ketua MPR Melani Leimena". Merdeka (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kasus Haji, Saksi Beberkan Sepak Terjang Perusahaan Melani Leimena Suharli". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 15 August 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "DAFTAR CALON TERPILIH ANGGOTA DEWAN PERWAKILAN RAKYAT REPUBLIK INDONESIA HASIL PEMILU TAHUN 2009" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Komisi Pemilihan Umum . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Taufiq Kiemas Ketua MPR 2009-2014". Antara News (in Indonesian). 3 October 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ini 21 Caleg DPR yang Terpilih dari DKI Jakarta". detiknews. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Melani Leimena Suharli Ingin Lebih Banyak Berbuat Untuk Dapil DKI Jakarta II". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Waskita, Ferdinand (7 November 2013). "Wakil Ketua MPR: Koruptor Tidak Pantas Diberi Pensiun". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Polmasari, Tety (15 October 2015). "Melani Leimena Suharli Dorong RUU Kekerasan Seksual Masuk Prolegnas". Pos Sore (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Melani Leimena: Wakil Rakyat dari Perempuan Harus Semakin Banyak". Tempo (in Indonesian). 13 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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