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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA
DPR-RIS:
EFFORTS TO BUILD A FEDERAL STATE
From the Dutch perspective, one of the main objectives of the Dutch Military
Aggression or “Police Action”/NICA (Netherlands Indie Civil Administration)
launched on December 19, 1948 was to control Yogyakarta, the seat of the
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Republic of Indonesia’s government, and to arrest and detain its leaders.
f the Netherlands achieved its military aggression goal, it would an-
nounce to the international community that the Republic of Indonesia,
founded by the republican extremist intruders, had perished and that
security in the Dutch East Indies had been restored. But that sce-
nario didn’t work. The reaction of the United Nations Security Council
(UNSC) in Paris, France, was not as the Dutch expected.
The UN Security Council canceled its Christmas leave and immedi-
ately held a series of sessions with an agenda to discuss events of
invasion and occupation. From the discussions finally emerged an
agreement to issue a resolution, which contained:
a b c
Stop the Release the President and Order the Three Nations
hostility. the Republic of Indonesia’s Commission (KTN) to provide
leaders who were captured a complete report on the
on December 19, 1949. situation in Indonesia since
December 19, 1948.
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