The narrative of the dissolution of the House of Representatives (DPR), which emerged alongside massive demonstrations in Indonesia throughout late August 2025, has captured the attention of several parties, including legal academics.
Fikri Hadi, S.H., M.H., a Constitutional Law academic from the Faculty of Law at Wijaya Putra University (FH UWP), also spoke about the narrative. He understands the public's anger expressed through this narrative, even though dissolving the DPR is legally very difficult.
"Article 7C of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia explicitly states that the President cannot freeze and/or dissolve the DPR, so the events of the Bung...