JAKARTA. The State Palace has dropped a controversial plan to assign embattled House of Representatives Setya Novanto to read out the declaration of independence during an event on Aug. 17, State Secretary Pratikno has said. "As far as I know, we only sent a letter to the People's Consultative Assembly [MPR]," Pratikno said as quoted by tempo.co. referring to a plan to give the role to MPR Speaker Zulfifli Hasan. It has been an annual tradition for the House speaker to read out the declaration of independence during the Aug. 17 celebration at the palace.
Setya won't read declaration of independence
JAKARTA. The State Palace has dropped a controversial plan to assign embattled House of Representatives Setya Novanto to read out the declaration of independence during an event on Aug. 17, State Secretary Pratikno has said. "As far as I know, we only sent a letter to the People's Consultative Assembly [MPR]," Pratikno said as quoted by tempo.co. referring to a plan to give the role to MPR Speaker Zulfifli Hasan. It has been an annual tradition for the House speaker to read out the declaration of independence during the Aug. 17 celebration at the palace.
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