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THE NEW FACE OF INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT
(1959-1966)

To obtain a somewhat clearer picture of how to overcome a problem that
arose as a result of unfavorable conditions, a meeting was held between
the Deliberative Committee, which was chaired directly by the leadership
of the DPR-GR and the Chairman of the Presidium/Bearer of MPRS De-
cree No. IX/MPRS/1966. There were six points that became the essence
of the meeting.

First, to realize that there were equal responsibilities between BP-MPRS
and DPR-GR in accordance with the 1945 Constitution, including author-
ity, limits on supervisory rights in relation to MPRS decisions/decrees,
which, according to the MPRS Rules of Procedure, the MPRS Working
Body also had a control function over the Government work. Therefore,
it was necessary to hold consultative meetings between the two leaders
of the institution (the MPRS leadership and the DPR-GR leadership). This
consultation was intended to carry out a division of duties in supervising
MPRS decisions.

Second, the Chairman of the Cabinet Presidium as the Assistant to the
President/Head of the Executive would accommodate and respond to all
state issues and would always consult with the leaders of the MPRS and
DPR-GR. The results of this triangular meeting would then be brought to
the Chief Executive/President for discussion and deliberation.

Third, if the second attempt failed, then the Chairman of the Cabinet Pre-
sidium would invite the Leaders of the MPRS and the Leaders of the
DPR-GR to discuss directly with the Chief Executive/President, while in
this kind of meeting, the Chairman of the Cabinet Presidium would posi-
tion himself as Assistant to the President.

Fourth, if the third way still failed, only in such circumstances as the final
weapon to overcome state difficulties, the MPRS would then be invited
to hold a session at the summons of a session (Special Session) by the
DPR-GR or hold a general assembly at the decision of the MPRS Work-
ing Body.

Fifth, the MPRS as the last institution to intervene in overcoming state
difficulties would only hold its session after the lower institutions were no
longer able to handle them.

The last point, which was the sixth, everything was based on its policies,
namely if the problems that could still be resolved should be resolved
by each institution under the MPRS with the best possible resolution.

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