Vice-Presidential Edict No.X

Under these provisions, the KNIP was an advisory body pending the election of the legislature, the People's Representative Council (DPR).

It comprised 135 members appointed by President Sukarno aided by Vice-president Hatta, including the entire membership of the PPKI.

[1][2] Resentment over the composition of the cabinet, which was dominated by men who had cooperated with the Japanese during the occupation, and the authoritarian presidential system led to some KNIP members, including former underground figures Sutan Sjahrir and Amir Sjarifuddin, deciding to establish a more democratic system.

Both men agreed to implement this change, and on 16 October Hatta issued an edict on behalf of himself and Sukarno giving the KNIP joint legislative powers with the president.

However, as the edict was published as "Number X", and as people assumed this was the final title, the State Secretariat felt it was too late to change it.