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CONTENT

PREFACE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2

FROM VOLKSRAAD TO THE CENTRAL INDONESIAN
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NATIONAL COMMITTEE (1917–1949) ......................................................................
A WISH FOR PARLIAMENT ................................................................................................................................. 14
1918 – 1921: FROM ‘NOVEMBER PROMISE’ TO ADMINISTRATIVE
REFORM .................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
1921 – 1923: DECENTRALIZATION AND VOTING RIGHTS
FOR BUMIPUTRA ............................................................................................................................................................ 28
1923 – 1927: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VOLKSRAAD
ELECTION SYSTEM AND THE IMPACTS OF THE 1925 REGERINGS
REGLEMENT AMENDMENT ............................................................................................................................... 31
1927 – 1931: FROM VOLKSRAAD TO THE CENTRAL INDONESIAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE (1917 – 1949), A CO-LEGISLATIVE INSTITUTION
WITH LIMITED AUTHORITY ................................................................................................................................ 33
1931 – 1942: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN PARLIAMENT THROUGH THE
NATIONAL FRACTION ................................................................................................................................................ 35
SOETARDJO’S PETITION ......................................................................................................................................... 40
CHUO SANGI-IN 1942-1945 .................................................................................................................................. 44
CHUO SANGI-IN MEMBERSHIP ..................................................................................................................... 49
CENTRAL INDONESIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (1945 – 1949) ............................... 57
LINGGARJATI AGREEMENT AND THE DUTCH MILITARY OFFENSIVES .......... 72

EFFORT TO REUNITE THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

(1950 – 1960) ............................................................................................................................................................ 82
DPR-RIS: EFFORT TO BUILD A FEDERAL STATE ......................................................................... 84
TURMOIL TOWARDS UNITY ............................................................................................................................... 94
FORMATION OF THE TEMPORARY PEOPLE’S REPRESENTATIVE
COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA (DPRS RI) ................................................. 100
THE TRANSITION TO PEOPLE’S REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL
(1952 – 1954) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 111
1955 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF
DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA ............................................................................................................................ 119
NEW PARLIAMENT, NEW HOPE: THE INDONESIA PARLIAMENT
(1955-1957) .............................................................................................................................................................................. 122
PARLIAMENT AND THE EFFORT TO ARRIVE AT A NEW CONSTITUTION
(1957-1960) .............................................................................................................................................................................. 129
MILITARY AS A POLITICAL POWER ........................................................................................................... 136
1959 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ........................................................................................................................... 139

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