Chapter II
The People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat or MPR)
Article 2
(1) The MPR shall consist of the members of the DPR and the members of the DPD who have
been elected through general elections, and shall be regulated further by law.
(2) The MPR shall convene in a session at least once in every five years in the capital of the
state.
(3) All decisions of the MPR shall be taken by a majority vote.
Article 3
(1) The MPR has the authority to amend and enact the Constitution.
(2) The MPR shall inaugurate the President and/or Vice President.
(3) The MPR may only dismiss the President and/or Vice-President during his/her term of office in
accordance with the Constitution.
Chapter III
The Executive Power
Article 4
(1) The President of the Republic of Indonesia shall hold the power of government in accordance
with the Constitution.
(2) In exercising his/her duties, the President shall be assisted by a Vice-President.
Article 5
(1) The President shall be entitled to submit bills to the DPR.
(2) The President may issue Government regulations as required to implement laws.
Article 6
(1) Any candidate for President or Vice-President shall be a citizen of Indonesia since birth, shall
never have acquired another citizenship by his/her own will, shall never have committed an act of
treason against the State, and shall be mentally and physically capable of implementing the
duties and obligations of President or Vice-President.
(2) The requirements to become President or Vice-President shall be further regulated by law.
Article 6A
(1) The President and Vice-President shall be elected as a single ticket directly by the people.
(2) Each ticket of candidates for President and Vice-President shall be proposed prior to the
holding of general elections by political parties or coalitions of political parties which are
participants in the general elections.
(3) Any ticket of candidates for President and Vice-President which polls a vote of more than fifty
percent of the total number of votes during the general election and in addition polls at least
twenty percent of the votes in more than half of the total number of provinces in Indonesia shall
be declared elected as the President and Vice-President.
(4) In the event that there is no ticket of candidates for President and Vice-President elected, the
two tickets which have received the first and second highest total of votes in the general election