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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

Volksraad Chairman, Jonkman, Ahmad Subarjo. The increased number of members strengthened
along with Volksraad members
in a meeting. the belief that PPKI no longer belonged to the Japanese as the new
member addition was made by Indonesians. Furthermore, because
(Source: Bataviasch Nieuwsblad,
12 January 1940) PPKI consisted of members from various Indonesian islands alongside
Java, PPKI served as the precursor of the National Committee. PPKI was
essentially representative to all Indonesians.

Authority, legislative body, and their ideas and principles were discussed
in the first PPKI session on August 18, 1945. The same was true for the
National Committee. On the second day of the PPKI session, the National
Committee was only mentioned a little as it was displaced by other more
pressing topics, such as departments and local governments. Mean-
while, on the third day of the session on August 22, 1945, the National
Committee seemed to be the main subject, as evident in PPKI’s detailed
decision regarding the National Committee.

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