Abstract
The House of Representatives as a legislative body has three
functions, namely the oversight function, legislative function, and
the budget function. One of the supervisory function s of The House
of Representatives is the right of interpellation. As a law state, all of
the processes of the state must be based on the law. Therefore, every
positive law must be obeyed. The constitutions or other regulations
of interpellation mention that the president may represent the
answers of interpellations. The frequent problem happening is the
absence of the president in the interpellation session. That problem
becomes a relation problem between the president and the House of
Representatives which need to solve. Thus the right of interpellation
as one of the implementations of the check-and-balance principle on
these two state institutions can run effectively. Based on the normative
provision study it can be concluded that, to avoid the messy practices,
the chapter which allows the president to have position in answering
the interpellation court needs to be specified explicitly. As the result,
the right of using interpellation can run well.
Kata kunci: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Interpelasi, Presiden