![]() Furthermore, the original 1945 Constitution was never intended to operate beyond the Indonesian revolutionary period, which ended in 1949. By contrast, the Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (People’s Consultative Assembly) who was in charge of the four amendments to the 1945 Constitution had a greater democratic legitimacy compared to the drafters of the original Constitution given that they were elected through the 1999 elections. This is because the original 1945 Constitution was formed only by a handful of elites in an institution established by the Japanese occupying power in early 1945. This article seeks to prove that these amendments are legitimate although they constitute a “dismemberment” of the original 1945 Constitution. According to the integralist conception, the state should be seen as a family in which the government played a role as a wise father who can bring its people to the right choice. Some Indonesian public figures believe that these amendments are not legitimate, because they are deemed to have eliminated the basic values of the original 1945 Constitution which was built on the “integralist” concept as propounded by its main architect Soepomo. ![]() The recent years saw the rise in discourse to undo the liberal-democratic amendments introduced between 19 and restore the Indonesian 1945 Constitution to its original 1945 version. ![]()
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