Constitutionally Yours

November 13, 2000

The statement from KH Hasyim Muzadi, chairman of the executive committee of Nahdlatul Ulama (Muslim organization), regarding the rejection to a change in the national leadership needs to be commented on. In my opinion, this statement is hard to understand since in the 1945 Constitution, the change is permissible. For example, when President Soekarno was replaced in the Special Session of the Temporary People’s Consultative Assembly (MPRS) i

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