Gentlemen, you must all know the constitution we have drawn up is provisional. If I may comment, this is a snap constitution. Later, when we can run our government in peace, we will certainly convene again the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to draft a more comprehensive and better constitution..."

The quote, taken out of a speech by Bung Karno, head of the Committee for the Preparation for Indonesia's Independence (PPKI), at its first meetin