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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

Whereas, such a thing creates a state of constitution that enda-
ngers the unity and security of the State, Homeland, and Nation,
and hinders the development of a just and prosperous society;

Whereas, with the support of most Indonesian People and dri-
ven by our own convictions, we are forced to take the only way
to save the Proclamation State;

Whereas, we believe that the Jakarta Charter dated June 22,
1945, embodied the 1945 Constitution and was part of the series
that made up the Constitution.

Therefore, on the grounds mentioned above,

WE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA/
SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ARMY

Establish the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly;

Establish that the 1945 Constitution shall again apply to the en-
tire Indonesian Nation from the day this Decree is established
and that the Provisional Constitution shall no longer be in effect.

The Provisional People’s Consultative Assembly, consisting of
members of the House of Representatives and delegates from
the regions and special groups, and the Provisional General
Consideration Council will be established in the shortest pos-
sible time.
Established in Jakarta,

On July 5, 1959

On behalf of the Indonesian People:

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA/SUPREME
COMMANDER OF THE ARMY,

Signed,
SOEKARNO

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