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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

The atmosphere of the 2004 In the presidential election conducted by voting in the MPR, Abdurrahman
General Election voting.
Wahid was elected as the fourth President of the Republic of Indonesia
(source: Paula Bronstein/Getty thanks to the full support of the Central Axis on 20 October 1999. After
Images)
winning the Presidential seat, Abdurrahman Wahid supported the PDIP
in nominating Megawati as Vice President.

This was the last presidential election through the election mechanism
in the MPR. The next presidential election was conducted through direct
voting by the people in the voting booth. This included the results of the
amendments to the 1945 Constitution.

In the course of Indonesian history, amendments to the 1945 Constitution
had never been carried out, although Article 37 of the 1945 Constitution
provided an opportunity to do so. During the New Order regime for ap-
proximately 30 years, the possibility of making amendments to the 1945
Constitution could be said to have been ruled out. It seemed like the New
Order Government made the 1945 Constitution a sacred constitution and
various attempts to make changes to the Constitution were considered
taboo.

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