Upaya Partai Islam dalam Merumuskan Undang-Undang Dasar di Majelis Konstituante Tahun 1956 - 1959

Al Amin, Rizqy Robby

Socio Historica: Journal of Islamic Social History
Vol 4, No 1 (2025): Juni 2025

This research aims to analyse the efforts of Islamic parties in formulating the draft Constitution in the Indonesian Constituent Assembly in the period 1956-1959.  The main concern in this research is to observe the arguments and political dynamics of Islamic parties in contributing ideas during the process of formulating the Constitution in the Constituent Assembly. By using the historical method and accompanied by a political approach, this research explores their efforts to formulate the draft Constitution in the Constituent Assembly. The findings are that Islamic parties went through quite a long stage in formulating the draft Constitution in the Constituent Assembly. However, along the way, Islamic parties were trapped in a great debate when formulating the basis of the state. In the end, the debate became the beginning of a deadlock for the Constituent Assembly in formulating the Constitution. Thus, this research provides an overview of the journey of Islamic parties in formulating the Constitution in the Constituent Assembly, even though their struggle finally ended in failure after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly through the Presidential Decree of 5 July 1959.