I was shocked to read the news in TEMPO (February 12), in which there was a quote attributed to me: "The July 5 Decree only happened because Sukarno was angry with the constituent assembly for rejecting his government's budget" (page 20).

The House of Representatives (DPR) of the 1955 Election was dismissed on March 5, 1960, not by the July 5 Presidential Decree, but by the Presidential Decision No. 3/1960, dated March 5, 1960, which was declared on