Amendments or a New Constitution?
The Constitution Commission proposed by PDI-P appears to be an extension of the committee already established. Is this an effort to safeguard power?
September 11, 2001
The meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Working Group was rowdy. They were talking about some important stuff: amending the Constitution of 1945 (UUD 1945). Last Tuesday, as soon as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) had proposed the formation of a Constitution Commission, other factions immediately came in to the fray. This cool and subdued hall suddenly become sultry. The concept of the Constitution Commissio...