Function Retentive
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
HISTORY will not repeat itself. Or not just yet, anyway. Some forty years ago, General Abdul Haris Nasution in his capacity as central war commander proposed reverting to the 1945 Constitution. Supported by the then President Sukarno, this maneuver resulted in the presidential decree of July 5, 1959 and ended any and all debate in the governing Konstituante. It ushered in the period known as `Guided Democracy' and was the start of nearly 4
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