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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

This, for example, was carried out at the suggestion of the appointment
of public officials, namely the TNI Commander, Head of the State Intelli-
gence Agency, members of the Film Censorship Institute (LSF), Supreme
Court Justices, leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission, and
the National Police Chief. The DPR through the commission had also
given consideration to the nomination of the extraordinary and plenipo-
tentiary ambassadors of 29 (twenty nine) countries to the Republic of
Indonesia.

No less important in carrying out its legislative function, since the begin-
ning of its inauguration, the 2014-2019 DPR-RI had prepared itself if the
DPR’s activities in making laws were brought to justice in the Constitu-
tional Court. In the 2014-2015 session year, for example, the cases de-
cided by the Constitutional Court amounted to 32 cases, including cases
that were rejected, could not be accepted, or were granted.

The Council had a view that the handling of cases in the judiciary, particu-
larly in the handling of judicial review cases at the Constitutional Court,
was a logical consequence of the position of the DPR, in its position as a
people’s representative council which constitutionally had legislative pow-
er. This was a kind of response or clarifying objections to the legislative
products of the DPR together with the President that were proposed by
the public. The handling of cases at the Constitutional Court for the DPR
was a continuous effort to strengthen democratic values n Indonesia.
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Another dynamic that occurred in the 2014-219 DPR was the change in
the Speaker of the DPR RI. This was the period with the highest number
of changes of the DPR Speaker ever. During this period, there were three
changes to the Speaker of the DPR. The replacement of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives occurred due to several things.

As previously mentioned, after passing the period of appointment of
DPR members for the 2014-2019 period, an election for the Speaker of
the DPR was held through a package mechanism. This meant that the
speaker and his four deputies were proposed.

On this occasion, Setya Novanto from the Golkar faction succeeded in
becoming the Speaker of the DPR for the 2014-2019 period. He was sup-
ported by factions who were members of the Red and White Coalition.

The election process for the 2014-2019 DPR leadership was different
from the previous period. In the previous period, the five factions that

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