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This chapter pinpoints that the Indonesian president would approach the party and faction leaders and lobby for the government’s proposals and if they can agree on a deal, the rank-and-file members of the parliamentary factions will follow the decisions of the party/faction leadership. Indonesian presidents tend to form oversized government coalitions with as many parliamentary factions as possible. In addition, the legislation process is based on consensus, not only between the executive and the legislative branches, but also between the party factions in parliament. The positive effect of forming a coalition government which can cobble together a legislative majority for the minority president to maintain party unity trumps the other institutional influences of weakening party cohesion.
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Ziegenhain, P. (2021). Consensual Decision-Making and No Rebels: Presidentialism in Indonesia. In: Tsai, JH. (eds) Presidents, Unified Government and Legislative Control. Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67525-7_6
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