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Indonesian Constitutional Reform 1999-2002 An Evaluation of Constitution - Making in Transition

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In 1999, the MPR1 (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat, the People’s Consultative Assembly) enacted the First Amendment to the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia. Over each of the next three years, it passed a further amendment. Despite their important contribution to Indonesia’s transition from Soeharto’s authoritarian regime, no comprehensive study has been made of these four amendments, and the process by which they were produced. This thesis is an attempt to fill this gap, by critically evaluating the process and outcomes of these amendments, in the context of constitutional theory and the experience of other countries, in particular, South Africa and Thailand.2 This thesis argues that the 1999-2002 constitutional amendments lacked what have widely been accepted as key features of a democratic constitution-making process: (i) there was no clear plan for determining the key elements of the process, such as when the amendment would occur, how it would be conducted, and what the amendment would be; (ii) the MPR failed to win the people’s trust in its capacity as a constitution-making body; and (iii) public participation was limited and badly organized.

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KP.III IND i

Publisher

Jakarta : PT. Kompas Media Nusantara., 2008

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xxiv, 464p. ; 21 cm

Language

English

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978-979-709-394-5

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KP.III

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Edition

Dec 2008

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Konstitusi
Indonesia

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