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Special Powers Or A Tool For Intimidation?

Tuesday, January 22, 2002

The fascistic Perpu 23/1959 is still in force. Does the Indonesian president really need special powers?

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THE president of a republic anywhere in this world needs constitutional powers to respond quickly to an emergency situation which threatens national security. A president is able to make quick decisions and act more rapidly than a parliament which would invariably take time to argue and deliberate before reaching an agreed-upon decision.

Under the 1945 Constitution, the president is vested with powers to declare a state of emergency (Article 12)

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