Supreme Advisory Council was claimed to be par with a village "council of elders"[citation needed], which was composed of retired politicians, although a village is hardly an sprawling fantastically diverse archipelagic country with vast differences in spiritual belief systems and countless local languages spoken.

This may also reflect a degree of cultural nostalgia that exalts the model village as cultural and spiritual roots of mannerisms and customs, broad similarities exist in India where a kepala desa is replaced by a sarpanch, as well as the dynamic of Thainess coupled with agrarian nostalgia, Cambodian Khmer Rouge model agrarianism, at the expense of Western and global governance ideals like government transparency that respect modern social complexities, the far higher degree to which exist specialization of labor in urban environments, and sheer bureaucratic breadth and scale.

Therefore, a governance model dating back to prehistory, perhaps suitable for a small footprint and scale of closely related individuals such as a village, merely invites disconnect -- fiery demonstrations by mobs and special interest groups alike, in the crowded megacities, not to mention autocratic crushing of dissent and the human rights abuses that follow.

[3] The council was formed on 25 September 1945 with Margono Djojohadikusumo as its chairman and Radjiman Wediodiningrat, Syech Dahlan Djambek, Agus Salim, K.R.M.T.H.

Later, in 1948, there was an addition of eleven members to the council, namely Ario Soerjo, Sutardjo Kartohadikusumo, Abdul Wahab Hasbullah, Ki Hadjar Dewantara, Frits Laoh, Daud Beureu'eh, Anwarudin, Oerip Soemohardjo, Ernest Douwes Dekker, Moch.

During the liberal democracy period in Indonesia, the organization was dissolved in 1950, and was restructured into the National Council (Indonesian: Dewan Nasional) on 1957.

[5] Even being returned, future DPA only nomenclature change of current Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) and do not have its original power it had during pre-amendment Indonesian Constitution of 1945.

[6] Soekiman Wirjosandjojo(1946–1948) Ario Soerjo(1948) Sartono(1962–1966) Sujono Hadinoto(1964–1966) Sarbini Martodihardjo(1973–1977)[9] Alamsyah Ratu Perwiranegara(1977–1978) M. M. R. Kartakusuma(1978–1979) Djatikoesoemo(1979–1983) Ali Murtopo(1983–1984) Makmun Murod(1984–1988) Sunawar Sukowati(1983–1986) Wignyosumarsono(1986–1988) SugiartoSuhardimanImam KadriCholil Badawi(1993–1998)[12]