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- ↑ "Database Peraturan Perundang-undangan" [Parliamentary Acts Database]. Peraturan.go.id (in Indonesian). 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ↑ "Sejarah DPR" [History of the House of Representative of Indonesia]. House of Representatives of Indonesia (in Indonesian). 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
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