Entries by Bivitri Susanti, https://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/author/bibip/

Is the MPR plotting an end to direct presidential elections?

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For more than a year, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has been quietly working on plans to amend the 1945 Constitution for a fifth time, and reinstate the State Policy Guidelines (GBHN). Bivitri Susanti writes that although the term “state policy guidelines” might sound rather innocuous, the return of the GBHN could have grave political consequences.

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Date created: 1 July 2015

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