: Previously, the KNIP only assisted the President. This edict granted them legislative powers and the authority to help determine the Broad Guidelines of State Policy (GBHN) until the MPR and DPR could be officially formed.
Issued just months after independence, fundamentally changed the role of the Central National Indonesian Committee (KNIP). : Previously, the KNIP only assisted the President
: The edict explicitly stated that these parties should be formed in preparation for a general election, which was originally planned for January 1946. : Previously, the KNIP only assisted the President