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THE NEW FACE OF INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT
(1959-1966)

Sulawesi. PRRI’s power could finally be paralyzed quickly by the military
troops.

Soekarno said that the PRRI rebellion was the culmination of fraud and
betrayal of the ideals of the Proclamation of 17 August 1945. President
Soekarno’s subsequent attitude towards Masyumi and PSSI got even
clearer when the formation of the DPR-GR was drawn up by President
Soekarno himself. The composition of the DPR-GR members did not in-
clude the names of representatives from the two parties.

The Government had actually asked Masyumi a question. However, with
a firm answer, Soekarno still considered that the Masyumi Party was
nothing more than a stubborn force that would only hinder the course of
the Indonesian revolution. Even though the Ma-
syumi Party leaders stated various rational argu-
ments, Soekarno’s hatred of the Masyumi Party
had far exceeded his rational limits.

So according to the logic of Soekarno’s revolu- The Government had
tion, Masyumi and PSI did not deserve to be rec- actually asked Masyumi
ognized nor had the right to exist as legitimate a question. However,
political parties. Ultimately, the Masyumi Party
and PSI must be disbanded for the sake of the un- with a firm answer,
finished revolution. Exactly on independence day, Soekarno still considered
which was 17 August 1960, taking into account the that the Masyumi Party
Presidential Decree No. 7 of 1959 Article 9, in con-
junction with Presidential Decree No. 200 of 1960, was nothing more than
it was stated that in the greater interest for the a stubborn force that
safety of the state and the nation, the Government
needed to dissolve the Masyumi Party because would only hinder the
the party sponsored and carried out a rebellion. course of the Indonesian
The Government made a decision to dissolve revolution.
the entire hierarchy of the Masyumi Party and
PSI from their divisions/branches down to their
branches throughout the entire territory of the
Republic of Indonesia.

Furthermore, what the government did to the Murba Party was a freez-
ing, instead of a dissolution, of the party, on 5 January 1964. Somewhat
different from the conflicts between the two parties above (Masyumi and
PSI), what happened to Murba was more because of its consistency in
rejecting the existence and practices of PKI’s political revival.

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