For this same reason, the Jakarta Charter, which had been drawn up by orthodox Muslims in favor of the establishment of an Islamic state based in the was rejected upon its presentation. Individual provinces, however, were left free to determine for themselves whether they wanted to establish the provinces. Thus, Aceh was able to establish the in their whilethe country of Indonesia as a whole continued according to theprovisions of the 1945 constitution.17

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