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THE DYNAMICS AND ROLES OF DPR-RI IN IMPROVING THE LIFE OF THE NATION
IN THE REFORMATION ERA (1998-2018)

Tensions between the President and the DPR reached its peak when it
was alleged that President Abdurrahman Wahid was involved in the dis-
bursement and use of Bulog Employees’ Welfare Foundation (Yanatera)
funds amounting to Rp 35 billion and aid funds from the Sultan of Brunei
Darussalam amounting to US$ 2 million. This case prompted the DPR to
form a special committee to investigate the case.

The DPR’s response towards the case that befell President Abdurrahman
Wahid referred to the DPR’s awareness of its function, namely supervi-
sion. To carry out the control or supervisory function, the DPR had the
right to ask questions, the right to interpellate, the right to question, and
the motion in the parliamentary system. In the process, the DPR con-
tinued to follow the procedures for handling the police, especially the
evidence for the case.

As if returning to the era of the parliamentary system, the conflict be-
tween the President and the DPR finally led to the Special Session of
the MPR. The situation that led to the President’s resignation from office
prompted President Abdurrahman Wahid to issue the Presidential De-
cree of the Republic of Indonesia dated 23 July 2001.

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