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THE NEW FACE OF INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT
(1959-1966)

with that of President Soekarno, which was high nationalism. Even the The opening of the Games of the
PKI hoped that there would be a stigma that PKI nationalism could de- New Emerging Forces at Senayan
sports complex.
feat military nationalism.

On the other hand, in the mind of PKI, there was a desire to take advan-
tage of the weakness of the Government’s power because their thoughts
and energy were currently drawn into the confrontation with Malaysia.

So, at a certain point, the PKI would easily make efforts to overthrow
the legitimate Government of President Soekarno. Meanwhile, on the
military’s side, there were also frictions in responding to the Malaysian
confrontation, between A. Yani and A.H. Nasution. Nasution.

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