People's Consultative Assembly

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The People's Consultative Assembly is Indonesia's supreme legislative body, responsible for amending the constitution, inaugurating the president, and setting broad state policy guidelines.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
legislative body
parliament
abbreviationLanguage Indonesian
chamber Dewan Perwakilan Daerah
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
composition all members of the House of Representatives
all members of the Regional Representative Council
constitutionalFunction interprets constitutional amendments
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative body of Indonesia
country Indonesia
countryGoverned Republic of Indonesia
currentRole joint session of DPR and DPD
electoralSystem members indirectly derived from DPR and DPD elections
established 1960
function forum for joint sessions of DPR and DPD
governmentBranch legislative branch of Indonesia
governs state policy guidelines at the broad level
hasJurisdictionOver national-level constitutional matters
hasPart House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia
Regional Representative Council
historicalRole formerly Indonesia's highest state institution
jurisdiction Republic of Indonesia
languageOfName Indonesian
legalBasis Constitution of Indonesia
locatedIn Jakarta
Jakarta, Indonesia
meetingPlace MPR/DPR/DPD Building
meetsAt Senayan, Jakarta
nativeName Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat
officialLanguageUsed Indonesian
oversees presidential inauguration ceremonies
power adopts and amends constitutional provisions
issues decisions in the form of decrees
precededBy Provisional People's Consultative Assembly
reformed post-1998 Reform era
relatedInstitution President of Indonesia
Vice President of Indonesia
role amends the Constitution of Indonesia
can impeach the President
can impeach the Vice President
inaugurates the President of Indonesia
inaugurates the Vice President of Indonesia
sets broad state policy guidelines
sessionType plenary session
shortName MPR
supervises implementation of the constitution
typeOfLegislature bicameral joint assembly

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
People's Representative Council
Regional Representative Council ("People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia")
partOf
Indonesia
legislature
People's Consultative Assembly ("Provisional People's Consultative Assembly")
precededBy
Regional Representative Council ("People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia")
reportsTo

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