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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

The simplification of political parties was not ac-
tually aimed at eliminating the existence of politi-
With the birth of the cal parties. On the other hand, when the politics
of political parties was unhealthy and inter-party
Presidential Decree relations were chaotic in the parliamentary sys-

No. 7, the Government tem, the government obviously could not stand

Decree No. 3 of November still. There must be an action to regulate them so
that things that were destructive did not happen
1945 was revoked, for the survival of the nation and the state. So, the

which contained political parties should be willing to carry out a
ceasefire, not continuously forcing their own will
the Government’s for the sake of their groups, but on the contrary,

recommendation they should be able to formulate various national
for the formation development programs which were the realiza-
tion of their vision and mission when establishing
of political parties; a political party.
and at the same time

stipulated a Presidential The decision to simplify political parties must
be implemented because with the completion
Regulation concerning of the 1955 general election, the constellation of

the main conditions political life had always been unstable. This was

and requirements for marked by cabinets that kept changing due to the
existence of a motion of disbelief from a political
simplification of the party or inter-party coalition, as a result of prob-

political party system. lems that did not match the platform of one of the
supporting parties. The more profound damage
was the failure of economic development for the
welfare of the people and the cessation of the de-
velopment of the National Revolution as the ide-
als of our independence in 1945.

The next stage of policy was to overhaul the political party system. The
Cabinet approved a government regulation on 18 December 1959, re-
garding the requirements for simplification of political parties and the
formation of the National Front. The reform of the political party system
was considered an important issue because it did not only regulate the
existence of a political party, but also involved issues and the implemen-
tation of the political party system that could be in line with the aura of
the Guided Democracy.

With the birth of the Presidential Decree No. 7, the Government
Decree No. 3 of November 1945 was revoked, which contained the

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