President Sukarno's 1959 Decree

Presidential Decree of July 5, 1959

President Sukarno, partly obscured, at top of steps, reading the decree
Date	5 July 1959; 64 years ago (1959-07-05)
Location	Merdeka Palace, Jakarta
Participants	Sukarno (1st President of Indonesia)
Outcome	Dissolution of the Liberal democracy government Abrogation of the Provisional Constitution of 1950 Re-adoption of the 1945 Constitution Dissolution of the Constitutional Assembly

The Presidential Decree of 5 July 1959 (legally the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 150 of 1959 on the Return to the Constitution of 1945, Indonesian: Keputusan Presiden Republik Indonesia Nomor 150 Tahun 1959 Tentang Kembali kepada Undang-Undang Dasar 1945) was issued by President Sukarno in the face of the inability of the Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia to achieve the two-thirds majority to reimpose the 1945 Constitution. It was army chief of staff Abdul Haris Nasution who concluded that this would be the only way to bring about the reintroduction of a constitution that paved the way for the military to play a greater role in the running of the state, ushering in the period known as the "guided democracy" (1959–1966).