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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

and to implement Guided Democracy. Furthermore, during the inaugu-
ration ceremony of the vice-chairmen of the DPR-GR on 5 January 1961,
President Soekarno re-explained and re-emphasized the position of the
DPR-GR, that the DPR-GR was the assistant to the president/manda-
tary of the Provisional MPR and contributed energy to the President to
implement everything that was determined by the Provisional MPR. This
made it clear that the DPR-GR was no longer a high state institution in
accordance with the provisions of the 1945 Constitution, but only carried
out its duties as an institution that assisted the Government.

During its tenure from 1960 to 1965, the DPR-GR produced 117 laws and
26 proposals for political statements. A total of 117 bills which were later
passed into law all came from the Government’s proposals. During its
tenure, DPR-GR never produced a bill on the initiative of the DPR itself.

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