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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
           IN INDONESIA





                                                           Nations  (UN).  As  a  result,  Indonesia  became
                                                           the 60  member of the world institution since
                                                                  th
                                                           September 28, 1950.
           As for relatively small
           groups, such as the                             Internally, the RIS People’s Representative Coun-
                                                           cil (DPR-RIS) represented all Indonesian people.
           Chinese, Europeans,                             The  total  number  of  people’s  representatives

           and Arabs, according to                         who sat in this institution was 150 people, con-
                                                           sisting of 50 people representing various regions
           Article 100, they must                          in the Republic of Indonesia-Yogyakarta and 100
           be represented by nine,                         people representing the rest of the regions. Ac-
                                                           cording to Article 109 and Article 110 of the “Pro-
           six, and three members,                         visional”  Constitution  of  the  RIS,  the  first  DPR

           respectively.                                   RIS was established according to the following
                                                           provisions:


                                                           The  regions  dictated  their  methods  for  select-
                                                           ing representatives to DPR-RIS. If it could not be
                                                           done  through  a  general  election,  the  selection
                                      would be made by appointing the respective representatives or accord-
                                      ing to the people’s will.


                                      The  100  members  from  outside  the  Republic  of  Indonesia-Yogyakarta
                                      were selected through a joint negotiation in the concerned regions. The
                                      number of members was determined based on the total population of the
                                      respective regions.


                                      As  for  relatively  small  groups,  such  as  the  Chinese,  Europeans,  and
                                      Arabs, according to Article 100, they must be represented by nine, six,
                                      and three members, respectively. If that number were not achieved per
                                      the  above  provisions,  the  RIS  Government  would  appoint  additional
                                      representatives for the small groups.






















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