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EFFORT TO REUNITE THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
(1950 – 1960)

After holding the election, the Indonesian Elections Committee (PPI) an-
nounced the official names of candidates for the new DPR members on
March 1, 1956. On this basis, President Soekarno appointed Ali Sastroam-
idjojo again to be the formator of the cabinet, a manifestation of power in
the DPR, with the hope that the newly formed government would get the
parliament’s support.

Exactly a week after the announcement of the PPI
above, on March 8, 1956, Ali Sastroamidjojo had
assumed the task of forming a cabinet and was
given one week, until March 16, to create a go- On March 24, 1956,
vernment. On March 24, 1956, the composition of
the Cabinet of Ali Sastroamidjojo II was ratified by the composition of
the President through Presidential Decree No. 85. the Cabinet of Ali
In his meeting with parliament on April 9, 1956,
PM Ali Sastroamidjojo introduced all the mem- Sastroamidjojo II
bers of his cabinet, which consisted of 24 people. was ratified by the

As one of the programs of the Ali Sastroamidjojo President through
Cabinet, the DPR of the 1955 General Election — Presidential Decree
born not long after the formation of the people’s
DPR and the ratification of the Ali Sastroamidjojo No. 85.
II Cabinet — produced the Law on Cancellation of
the KMB Agreement.

The government and the DPR had prepared vari-
ous things, including anticipating international
developments resulting from Indonesia’s unilateral withdrawal from the
KMB agreement. In anticipating this, the government formed a commit-
tee to accommodate problems, named the State Committee for Advi-
sory on the Resolution of the Cancellation of K.M.B. This committee was
tasked with giving consideration to the government to resolve the con-
sequences caused by the cancellation of the KMB agreements entirely.
This committee consisted of the government and the DPR.

The DPR continued to oversee the implementation of the law that can-
celed the KMB agreement and the government’s anticipation of the im-
pacts resulting from the cancelation of the deal that bounded Indonesia
with the country that colonized it. The DPR’s emphasis and concern were
on the issue of Indonesia’s sovereignty as an independent country, which
must be reflected in every policy implemented by the government of the
Ali Sastroamidjojo II Cabinet.

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