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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

Volksraad Assembly in 1933. Yamin’s proposal was not approved by Thamrin. So, on July 10, 1939, fol-
(Source: De Indische courant, lowing Yamin’s ideas in the Volksraad, the Indonesian National Group
17 June 1933) (GNI) was founded in addition to the National Faction. The body did not
represent the parties in the Volksraad but it represented the people’s
groups in society. It could be said that the GNI was provincial. All GNI
members were delegates from outside Java, such as Yamin, Soangkupon,
Abdul Rasyid, and Tajuddin Noor. Members of the National Faction from
outside Java who remained loyal to the National Faction were Mukhtar
and Lapian.

The press welcomed GNI’s establishment and saw it as an effort to en-
force the national struggle. However, there were other voices who were
concerned that the effort was a divisive act that would only weaken the
struggle. Considering their principles and objectives, the two groups did
not offer much of a difference as both managed the interests of various
areas outside Java, so Sumatrans, for example, could also remain in the
National Faction.

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