Federal Constitution of 1949

However, following international pressure, negotiations took place leading to the Linggadjati Agreement to establish a federal United States of Indonesia.

[4][5] Following the January 1948 Renville Agreement, Dutch and Republican committees both presented drafts.

The Indonesian committee, chaired by Soepomo, produced a document that was very different from the 1945 Constitution as it contained human rights guarantees and provided for a bicameral system of government, with a senate and a lower chamber.

[7] In the run up to the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference at which the Dutch would hand over sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia (RUSI), Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung, prime minister of the State of East Indonesia, one of the non-Republic states, invited future RUSI government officials to attend an Inter-Indonesia Conference to agree on a negotiating position.

The delegates agreed on the basic principles and outline for the Federal Constitution.