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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

PROLOGUE OF THE NEW ORDER:

RESULTS OF WORK AT THE BEGINNING

OF THE RENEWAL ERA

The MPRS through the Decree of the MPRS of the Republic of Indonesia Number
XXXIII/MPRS/1967 revoked the power of state government from President

Soekarno. In the MPRS Decree, the entire speech of the President/MPRS
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Mandatary that was conveyed to the MPRS on 22 June 1966, entitled “Nawaksara”
did not meet the expectations of the people in general.

THE MPRS also considered that the President/MPRS Mandatary had
handed over the power of the State Administration to the bearer of MPRS
Decree No. IX/MPRS/1966 as stated in the Presidential Announcement/
MPRS Mandatary dated 20 February 1967. Then, based on the writ-
ten report of the Operational Commander for the Restoration of Secu-
rity and Order/Bearer of MPRS Decree No. IX/MPRS/1966 in his letter
No. R-032/’67 of 1 February 1967, which was accompanied by his report
speech before the Special Session of the MPRS on 7 March 1967, the
MPRS believed that there were signs that President Soekarno had made
policies that indirectly benefited the G30S PKI and protected the G30S
PKI leaders.

Decree Number XXXIII/MPRS/1967 concerning the Revocation of Pow-
er of State Administration from President Soekarno consisted of three
chapters with seven articles. Chapter 1 consisted of Article 1 to 5; each of
Chapter 2 and 3 contained one article, namely Article 6 and 7.

Article 1 stated that President Soekarno had been unable to fulfill his con-
stitutional responsibilities, like what was supposed to be the Mandatary’s
obligation to the Provisional People’s Consultative Assembly, as the per-
son who was mandated, as regulated in the 1945 Constitution.

Article 2 stated that President Soekarno could not carry out the guidelines
and decisions of the MPRS, like what was supposed to be the obligation

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