Provisional Constitution of 1950

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The 1950 Provisional Constitution (UUD'50) replaced the Federal Constitution of 1949 when Indonesia unilaterally withdrew from the union with Holland agreed at the Renville Agreement and returned to being a unitary state. It came into force on August 17, 1950. It provided for a parliamentary form of government with a cabinet and prime minister held responsible to the parliament and for a President but with no real executive powers. In 1955 elections were held for the Constitutional Assembly, which was tasked with drawing up a permanent constitution. However, after much wrangling, President Sukarno issued a decree on July 9, 1959 dissolving this assembly and restoring the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia.