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

the DPR. On Tuesday, 23 August 2005, President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono (SBY), the winner of the 2004 Presidential Election, gave a
state speech at the Plenary Session of the DPD. It was a small thing but
had an impact on inter-institutional relations.

The term of service for members of the DPR for the 2004-2009 period
as a result of the 2004 General Election ended on 30 September 2009.
Since 1 October 2009, members of the legislature from the 2009 Legisla-
tive Elections had begun to replace the positions
of old DPR members, although some of them
were still familiar faces.

The 2009 election, which was the third general
election in the reformation era, took place with a “Another thing that
number of improvements. The organizers of this
election had determined 34 political parties to be marked the 2009
participants in the national election. The number election was the
of participants in the legislative elections decided
by the KPU was higher than the 2004 general determination of the
election. members of the DPR

The addition of participants in the 2004 General as the result of the
Election due to the determination of election par- election with a threshold
ticipation was contested by a number of parties
which were declared not to have passed the veri- or a parliamentary
fication. Through a lawsuit in the Administrative threshold.”
Court, four political parties were finally decided
as participants in the 2009 Legislative Election,
namely the Freedom Party, the Indonesian Nah-
dlatul Ummah Community Party, the Indonesian
Unity Party, and the Labor Party.

There were still six local political parties participating in the 2009 general
election that were taking part in the special elections for the Special Re-
gion of Aceh. The election for Aceh was a consequence of the reconcili-
ation of armed conflict in the area.

The 2009 election became the most complicated election in the history
of celebration of democracy in Indonesia. The method of voting by pierc-
ing the ballot paper which had been carried out during the period before
2009 was changed to ticking the paper. This model required socialization
that was not easy.

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