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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

In the era of parliamentary democracy, the role
of parliament was very central in maintaining the
“common thread” of the state’s vision and mis-
sion. The government was less stable due to the
in the five-year era of cabinet’s frequent highs and lows as it did not
the Provisional DPR/ receive the people’s trust.

DPRS (August 1950 to For example, in the five-year era of the Provi-

March 1956), there had sional DPR/DPRS (August 1950 to March 1956),
there had been five government (cabinet) chang-
been five government es, and during the 1955 DPR’s terms of office,
(cabinet) changes, and there were at least three cabinet changes. Con-
sequently, the government could not fully carry
during the 1955 DPR’s out its programs and policies, as the DPR, whose

terms of office, there function was to connect and glue governmental
policies together, came and went.
were at least three

cabinet changes.

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