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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

The fourth (4 ) KNIP’s Plenary The next day, KNIP sent delegates to Bandung to form a KNID (regional).
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Session KNIP in Solo.
Sending delegates to these areas then became a routine task of the KNIP
(Source: ANRI-Ipphos, March 1946) for the same purpose of establishing the KNID.

Earlier in its journey, the KNIP served more as an executive assistant
than as a substitute for the MPR, DPR, and DPA. As a government aide,
the National Committee often functioned as a substitute for the civil ser-
vants and the police. This was especially true for the regions, and, clearly,
it served a dual function. In fact, if we look at various edicts, instructions,
etc, it is obvious that the KNIP served more as a tool and advisor to the
government than as a substitute for MPR and DPR during the revolution-
ary period.

For almost a month, not a single KNIP product proved that it was the
MPR and DPR of the revolutionary period. KNIP functioned more to
translate government policies to the people than to record and convey
the conditions and wishes of the people to the government. Hence, it was
not surprising that KNIP went under criticism.

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