Jakarta, Aug. 23 -- Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Eddy Soeparno called for the collaboration of the Regional People's Representative Councils (DPRDs) of districts and cities to address waste management problems.

This was conveyed during the Local Legislator Fellowship forum attended by DPRD members from various districts and cities, held in Jakarta on Friday.

In a statement received on Saturday, he explained that as part of the MPR, he is focusing on the constitution's mandate of meeting people's rights to a clean and healthy environment.

"Within the MPR, I initiated a new initiative to focus on the fulfillment of the people's rights to a clean and healthy environment in accordance with the 1945 Constitutio...