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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

The following year after the election that resulted
in the DPR’s formation, Indonesians voted for the
Constituent Assembly, whose task was to draft
On December 15, 1955, the Constitution. On December 15, 1955, a gen-

a general election eral election was held to elect the members of

was held to elect the Constituent Assembly. One seat in the Con-
stituent Assembly required 150 votes or half of
the members of the the members of the DPR. Of the total number of

Constituent Assembly. seats assigned by the PPI, as many as 520, only
514 seats filled the Constituent membership.
One seat in the

Constituent Assembly Of the dominant parties of the 1955 general elec-
tion, the composition of power in the Constituent
required 150 votes or Assembly was as follows: PNI had 119 seats, Ma-
half of the members of syumi 112, Nahdlatul Ulama 91, and PKI 60. Wilo-
po, a PNI political figure who had served as Prime
the DPR. Minister from March 19, 1952 to June 2, 1953, was

elected as Head of the Constituent Assembly.

In the Constituent Assembly, a Constitutional
Preparatory Committee (PPK) was formed, con-
sisting of several commissions, including (1) the
Household Commission, (2) the Deliberation Commission, (3) the Con-
stitutional Commission, (4) the Term Commission, (5) the Formulating
Commission, and (6) Editorial Commission. In the Constitutional Com-
mission, several commissions were formed. There were four commis-
sions within the Constituent Assembly:

I. The State Ideology Commission or Constitutional Commission I
with 61 members

II. Human Rights Commission

III. Commission on Forms of Government

IV. Regional, Language, National Emblem, and National Anthem Com-
mission

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