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GA-00592 1955-09-27 Arnhemsche Courant rel C

Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië (Elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Elections in Indonesia on Thursday

Arnhemsche Courant, 27 Sept 1955: preview of Indonesia's first general elections (29 Sept), expecting a communist-Masjumi contest and noting that women have emerged as a political force within existing parties. Gerwani is not named; useful context for the 1955 elections.

GA-00655 1955-12-28 De Locomotief rel C

Interpellatie communistische parlementsleden (Interpellation by communist MPs)

Interpellation by communist MPs on foreign capital

De Locomotief, 28 Dec 1955: PKI parliamentarians Sakirman, Tjugito, Suwarti, Sumadi and Utarjo submit a written interpellation on foreign capital, claiming colonial-era extraction and restored monopoly under the 1949 RTC accords, with eight questions to the Burhanuddin government. Suwarti is a woman PKI MP; Gerwani is