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        "msgid": "megawati-calls-for-limits-to-amendment-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-05-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "Megawati calls for limits to amendment",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Megawati calls for limits to amendment The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Tuesday the constitutional amendment process should continue, but only for low-level articles. Megawati was quoted as saying by the party's secretary general Sutjipto that the People's Consultative Assembly should refrain itself from changing the four paragraphs in the preamble of the 1945 Constitution.",
        "content": "<p>Megawati calls for limits to amendment<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan)<br>\nchairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Tuesday the<br>\nconstitutional amendment process should continue, but only for<br>\nlow-level articles.<\/p>\n<p>Megawati was quoted as saying by the party's secretary general<br>\nSutjipto that the People's Consultative Assembly should refrain<br>\nitself from changing the four paragraphs in the preamble of the<br>\n1945 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\"The number of articles to be amended must be limited and we<br>\nwill maintain the preamble of the constitution,\" Sutjipto said,<br>\nreferring to the preamble which comprises the nation's<br>\ndeclaration of independence and the five principles of the state<br>\nideology.<\/p>\n<p>PDI Perjuangan has been criticized for its unclear stance with<br>\nregard to constitutional reform, among other items.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of the party admitted that there was an increasing<br>\nconservatism in the party which was represented by senior figures<br>\nwho had expressed opposition to the constitutional amendment<br>\nprocess, including Abdul Madjid and Amin Aryoso.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting on Tuesday was expected to result in an agreement<br>\nbetween the factions.<\/p>\n<p>Jakob Tobing, a PDI Perjuangan member who heads the ad hoc<br>\ncommittee for amendments (PAH I), told the press after the<br>\nmeeting that the party needed more discussion to reconcile the<br>\ndifferent opinions among party members.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jakob, the final stance of the party regarding<br>\nthe amendment would be taken in June after six more sessions of<br>\n\"brainstorming\".<\/p>\n<p>There were speculations among the public that the largest<br>\nparty had been trying to halt the constitutional reform process.<br>\nBut Sutjipto quickly denied the allegations, saying that the<br>\ncautiousness was aimed at creating only quality reform.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, retired military officers on Tuesday visited to<br>\nthe People's Consultative Assembly to demand a halt to the<br>\nconstitutional amendment process, on the grounds that it had<br>\nsparked polemics which threatened national unity.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation of the retired servicemen was led by former<br>\nvice president Gen. (ret) Try Sutrisno and former Armed Forces<br>\nchief\/Minister of Defense Gen. (ret) Edi Sudrajat.<\/p>",
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