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The Central Indonesian National Committee (Indonesian: Komite Nasional Indonesia Pusat, KNIP), also known as the Central National Committee (Indonesian: Komite Nasional Pusat, KNP), [1] was a body appointed to assist the president of the newly independent Indonesia. Originally purely advisory, it later gained assumed legislative functions.
The United Nations Commission for Indonesia (Abbreviated: UNCI; Indonesian: Komisi PBB untuk Indonesia) was a United Nations commission formed to replace the Good Offices Commission known in Indonesian as Komisi Tiga Negara (English: Trilateral Commission). The purpose of UNCI was to continue the duties of the previous commission, while at the ...
The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. Singapore: Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd. ISBN 978-979-3780-45-0. Kahin, George McTurnan (1970) [1952]. Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Kementerian Penerangan Republik Indonesia (1951). Kepartaian di Indonesia (PDF). Jakarta: Dewan ...
An election rally for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, 1999. The Indonesian political party system is regulated by Act No. 2 of 2008 on Political Parties. [3] The law defines political party as "a national organisation founded by like-minded Indonesian citizens with common goals to fulfill common interests and to defend the unity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia as ...
The "Old Order" (1950–1965) in Indonesia has long been understood to be a period of turmoil and crisis, characterized by rebellions and political unrest. The weakness of Indonesia's democracy and its gradual transition to authoritarianism during the Old Order can be attributed to conventional modernization theory, which suggests that without strong socioeconomic structures, successful ...
Chinese people living in Indonesia were also given the option of becoming Indonesian nationals, though only 60% of them chose to be Indonesian. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] The Constitution of 1950, which changed the government from a federation to a unitary state , called for the propagation of a new nationality law, maintaining the provisions of the Charter ...
This was a response to independence movements that had been present in the province since it became part of Indonesia, and occurred alongside the renaming of the province from Irian Jaya to Papua. [ 8 ] : 42–43 [ 9 ] This gave Papua a greater portion of revenue, autonomy outside reserved areas maintained by the central government, and 20 ...
Advocates for human rights have noted actions by the government of Indonesia as concerning. Although the country has had Komnas HAM, which enjoys a degree of independence from government and holds United Nations accreditation, the commission itself has little effect as it was not given any legal teeth against discriminatory practices committed by the government.