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GA-00708 1956-01-05 De Nieuwsgier rel A

De Gerwani en mevrouw Fatmawati (Gerwani and Mrs. Fatmawati)

Gerwani and Mrs Fatmawati: statement on a private divorce matter

De Nieuwsgier item (5 Jan 1956) on a Gerwani statement about Fatmawati Sukarno's divorce request: Gerwani calls it a private matter, defends free democratic marriage, regrets that certain parties exploited it to undermine national unity and the president's name, and uses it to demand a democratic marriage law.

GA-00711 1956-04-13 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Mevr. Salawati (Mrs. Salawati in parliament)

Mrs Salawati (PKI) in parliament criticises the cabinet

Two-sentence De Nieuwsgier parliamentary note (13 Apr 1956): Mrs. Ch. Salawati (PKI) criticised the cabinet's composition and Prime Minister Burhanuddin Harahap's attempt at compromise with the armed bands on security.

GA-00712 1956-04-17 De Nieuwsgier rel C

Dr Ali Akbar (Dr. Ali Akbar in parliament)

Dr Ali Akbar in parliament responds to PKI cooperation call

De Nieuwsgier parliamentary note (17 Apr 1956): Masjumi's Ali Akbar said PKI member Loekman's call for cooperation interested his faction, but the optimism evaporated because of attacks by Mrs. Salawati of the PKI faction. Salawati (Daud) appears only as the cause of friction.

GA-00713 1956-04-17 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Mevr. Umi Sardjono (Mrs. Umi Sardjono in parliament)

Mrs Umi Sardjono in parliament pleads for national marriage legislation

Short De Nieuwsgier parliamentary note (17 Apr 1956): Umi Sardjono (listed as Pembangunan faction) spoke on the fate of Indonesian women, still unprotected by marriage legislation, and pleaded for national marriage legislation.

GA-00719 1956-11-23 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Parlement bespreekt begroting voor 1956 (Parliament discusses the 1956 budget)

Parliament discusses the 1956 budget

De Nieuwsgier report (23 Nov 1956) on the parliamentary general debate on the 1956 budget with 19 speakers. Mrs. Umi Sardjono (Pembangunan) opposed reducing the deficit through higher taxes, which raise prices of necessities, urged that foreign companies and capitalists close the gap, and asked for a separate budget fo