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GA-01063 1955-11-11 Het Parool rel C

P.N.I. (analyse van de verkiezingsuitslag 1955)

P.N.I. (analysis of the 1955 election result)

Het Parool column 'P.N.I.' (11 Nov 1955) analysing the 1955 Indonesian election result: the PNI did well despite corruption; Sukarno's second marriage (Hartini) had been thought to hurt him as it moved many prominent Indonesian women to militant counter-action, but the fight against polygamy was a concern of a handful

GA-00534 1955-12-31 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel B

First Lady (Ibu Negara)

First Lady

Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item 'First Lady' (1955-12-31, p. 1): Perwari chair Mrs. Kartowijono says any socially acceptable woman can be First Lady and urges a marriage law quickly. Muslimat (Masyumi) and Gerwani are still deliberating on the question and could not yet comment, in the context of the Sukarno marria