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GA-01243 1956-04-04 Java-Bode rel A

Voorzitterschap parlement aan mr. Sartono overgedragen (Chairmanship of parliament handed to Sartono)

Chairmanship of parliament handed to Sartono

Java-Bode, 4 April 1956, p. 2: handover of parliament's chair to Mr Sartono. A letter announces the new 'Pembangunan' faction (chairs Suprapto and Abdulhajat; secretary Hartojo) whose members include Umi Sardjono; the paper notes it consists of persons nominated by the PKI in the general elections.

GA-00906 1962-05-08 De Waarheid rel B

Na protesten PKI e.a.: Sukarno trekt kieswetten in

After PKI protests: Sukarno withdraws election bills

De Waarheid, 8 May 1962, p. 2: report that Sukarno withdrew four bills on representative bodies (under which only one-third of the People's Congress, parliament and regional councils would be elected, the rest appointed) after protests first from the PKI, SOBSI, women's movement Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat, later PNI and