Women Demonstrate for PKI, Affiliates Ban

=== [PDF page 1] === WOMEN DEMONSTRATE FOR PKI, AFFILIATES BAN Djakarta ANTARA in English 1414 GMT 8 November 1965--B (Text) Djakarta, 8 November--A demonstration was held here today by housewives and girl students affiliated with progressive revolutionary popular organizations demanding the dissolution of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), Gerwani, and its other affiliated organizations and bodies for masterminding the 30 September Movement counterrevolutionary coup early last month. The demonstrators, estimated at 30,000 persons, were received by the minister and commander of the army, Major General Suharto, and the National Front secretary general, Sudibjo, to whom they presented a petition demanding the ban of the PKI and its affiliates. === [PDF page 2] === The petition appealed to President Sukarno to safeguard the new generation from the bad influences and moral decadence and inhuman brutality of the counterrevolutionary elements masterminded by the PKI and its organizations. The demonstrators, representing about 30 women's organizations also paid high tribute to the armed forces which within a short time crushed the counterrevolutionary movement and saved the country from harm. The women and girls expressed readiness to help the armed forces in whatever way to destroy the counterrevolutionary elements. They expressed sympathy and sorrow at the killing of the army generals by the coup elements. The demonstrators particularly condemned Gerwani for the brutal: slaying of the top army officers which they said had lowered the prestige of Indonesian women. The petition demanded from the minister of basic education and culture, Professor Prijono, to put under =~ government control all schools run by Gerwani throughout the country as these schools had "trained our (?generation) into immoral and anti-God people." They urged that all cultural institutions affiliated with the PKI, particularly LEKRA (People's Cultural Foundation) should be put under government control. The women demonstrators also said that they supported the decision taken by the Congress of Women's Organizations (Kowani) to suspend Gerwani from its membership and were also prepared to carry out task entrusted to the Berdikari task force in all fields, The women holding the demonstrations were affiliated with Moslem Scholars Women's Association, the Perti Party Women's Association. Fatsjat.NU Marhaenist women, Islam women, Al Irsjad women, (?Puteri) Al Washliah, HMT (Association of Moslem University Students) and others. The demonstrators dispersed after meeting the National Front secretary general, Sudibjo.