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1. Status and Authority

1. Status and Authority - The constitutional commission shall be set up by the working body of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). - The working body of the MPR shall prepare the draft amendment, the constitutional commission shall include it in chapters, articles and verses without substantial changes. - The results of the commission's work shall be submitted to the MPR for consideration. - The constitutional commission shall upgrade the first and second amendment so that there shall be a new 1945 Constitution. - The explanatory passage of the 1945 Constitution shall no longer exist. - The decision of the amendment shall remain in the hands of the MPR.

2. Formation and Membership - The commission shall be set up by the MPR working body and candidate members shall be nominated by the President at the 2001 annual meeting of the MPR. - The members shall possess expertise and come from all provinces.

3. Tenure - The tenure of the commission shall be from November 2001 to August 2002. Next year's annual meeting of MPR shall be held in November 2002.

4. Deadline of the Amendment - The new 1945 Constitution shall be finished by the annual meeting of the MPR in November 2002. The deadline is designed to facilitate the enactment of all related laws, such as the political law that will be the legal basis for the 2004 election. (08)

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