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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

The first election was implemented according
to the 1950 Constitution, which regulated mat-
The inauguration ters regarding the President and other high in-
stitutions. UUDS was a modification of the RIS
of DPR members as Constitution; along with the dissolution of the

a result of the 1955 RIS and the stipulation of Indonesia as a unitary
state on August 17, 1950, the government had to
general election was modify the federal constitution to suit the unitary

held on March 20, 1956. state design.

The President carried Based on UUDS, “members of the People’s

out the inauguration, Representative Council are elected in a general
election by citizens who meet the requirements
which was attended and according to the rules established by law”
.
by members of the Article 56 of the law states that every 300,000
Indonesian citizens shall have a representative in
Burhanuddin Harahap the DPR.

Cabinet, which had just As with the general democratic tradition, the
received the baton from general election is preceded by a campaign and

the Ali Sastroamidjojo installation of each party’s logos to attract the
masses and convey party ideas. The public will
II Cabinet, and then choose the logo of one of the parties they

members of the are interested in.

Provisional DPR. The inauguration of DPR members as a result of
the 1955 general election was held on March 20,
1956. The President carried out the inauguration,
which was attended by members of the Burhan-
uddin Harahap Cabinet, which had just received
the baton from the Ali Sastroamidjojo II Cabinet, and members of the
Provisional DPR. From the results of the September 1955 elections, 272
members were appointed. The DPR’s leadership was formed to allow
power balance among the parties participating in the election. The com-
position of the leadership of the DPR was as follows:

• Speaker: Mr. Sartono (PNI)

• Vice Speaker I: H. Zainul Arifin (NU)

• Vice Speaker II: Arudji Kartawinata (PSII)

• Vice Speaker III: Zainul Abidin Achmad (Masyumi)

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