Every Indonesian citizen now has the right to become the president. This constitutes a major change in the 1945 Constitution after 56 years of operation. During the 2001 MPR session, the Indonesian Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) approved the amendment of Article 6 of the 1945 Constitution on presidential candidacy. Formerly, Article 6 stated that: the president must be a native Indonesian. However, the amended Article 6 states: The president