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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

Since then, in addition to the ideological basis
of Pancasila, the Unitary State of the Republic of
Both Pancasila and the Indonesia had the 1945 Constitution as a legal
basis and a source of legal order. Thus, the “Pre-
1945 Constitution clearly amble to the 1945 Constitution”, the “Body”, and

distinguished the People’s the “Elucidation of the 1945 Constitution” were
Representative Council/ enacted as a unit to replace the Provisional Con-
stitution before the Presidential Decree.
Consultative Assembly into
two bodies, namely (1) the Likewise, since the 1945 Constitution was re-

House of Representatives enacted until the occurrence of the September
30 Movement/the Communist Party of Indone-
(Dewan Perwakilan sia, which Bung Karno referred to as Gestok, the

Rakyat), and (2) the Constitution could not be implemented in a pure
People’s Consultative and consistent manner. This could be seen from
the results of the General Assembly of the Old
Assembly (Majelis Order Provisional MPR, from 1960 to 1965, whose

Permusyawaratan decisions were inconsistent with or even devi-
Rakyat). ated from the 1945 Constitution.

Both Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution clear-
ly distinguished the People’s Representative
Council/Consultative Assembly into two bodies,
namely (1) the House of Representatives (Dewan
Perwakilan Rakyat), and (2) the People’s Consultative Assembly (Majelis
Permusyawaratan Rakyat). “Perwakilan” comes from the word “deputy”
or “representative” who represents. Meanwhile, “permusyawaratan”
comes from the word “deliberation” or “negotiation”; the representatives
can be elected, appointed, or chosen by the people.

With a condition like this, everyone would choose or appoint a person
or group whom they trust in carrying out their wishes. However, be-
cause everyone had different interests and different beliefs about their
candidates for representatives, the representation must be determined
by election. Appointment was deemed impossible because the people
would appoint a lot of representatives.

Therefore, everyone who is lawful according to the law is every Indo-
nesian citizen who, as a legal subject, has the right to vote for and/or
become the people’s representatives who sit in the House of Representa-
tives. Therefore, the DPR became the representative of the people as a
whole, but is not yet an incarnation of the people. The incarnation of the

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