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FROM VOLKSRAAD TO THE CENTRAL INDONESIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
(1917–1949)

Among them were amendments to Articles 1 and 164 of the Basic Law
regarding replacing the term “Nederlandsch-Indie” with “Indonesia”. This
amendment, which was proposed by Van Hinloopen Labberton, Cramer,
and Vreede, was denied. Another amendment to Article 122 regarding
replacing the term “Koloniën en bezittingen” (Colonies and Subsidiaries)
with “zelfstandige staatsdelen” (independent states), as proposed by Van
Hinloopen Labberton, Cramer, and Vreede, was annulled.

Meanwhile, 10 motions were proposed during the second extraordinary Assembly for Volksraad end years
meeting period in 1921, among which were made by the bumiputra mem- of service on 1931-1935 period.
bers. They raised issues pertaining to decentralization, particularly on (Source: Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad,
20 February 1935)
providing bumiputra with greater voting rights. This motion was intro-
duced by Abdul Muis, Cokroaminoto, Van Hinloopen Labberton, Thayeb,
Teeuwen, Sastrowijono, and Dwijosewoyo.

The motion had been introduced in the first ordinary session in 1918, but
the discussion was postponed, and, per the state’s constitution, post-
poned motions had to be reviewed before getting discussed. The motion
highlighted the issue with the government’s explanation of the constitu-
tional reform in the Dutch East Indies that coincided with establishing a
parliament with full legislative power under the government.

The language issue that had arisen at the beginning of the Volksraad’s
establishment re-emerged. In 1922, Agus Salim gave a speech in

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