Labour Party (Indonesia, 1949)
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The Labour Party (Indonesian: Partai Buruh) was a political party in Indonesia. It was formed on 25 December 1949 by a group of former Labour Party of Indonesia (PBI) members, who had disagreed with the merger of PBI into the Communist Party of Indonesia.[1][2][3]
The party had a degree of influence, as it counted on support from
The party was officially
Marxist, but in political practice more influenced by nationalism.[2] Inside the party leadership, there was a division between those who supported the 'oppositionist' positions of the Indonesian National Party and Murba Party, and another sector of intellectuals who were closer to the Socialist Party of Indonesia.[4]
When the
People's Representative Council (DPR) was formed in 1950, seven of its 236 members belonged to the Labour Party.[6] As of 1951, the Labour Party claimed to have 60,000 members.[1] In March 1951, the party was one of eleven parties that formed the Consultative Body of Political Parties (BPP).[7]
In 1952 trade unionists linked to the Labour Party founded the Himpunan Serikat-Serikat Buruh Indonesia trade union centre. The president of HISSBI A.M. Fatah was a Labour Party member.[5]
The party obtained 224,167 votes in the
1955 legislative election (0.6% of the national vote), and won two seats in the parliament.[3][8] After the election the party joined the Fraction of Upholders of the Proclamation, a heterogenous parliamentary group with ten MPs.[9]
References
- ^ a b Rose, Saul. Socialism in Southern Asia. London: Oxford University Press, 1959. p. 153
- ^ a b Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. pp. 144-145
- ^ a b Ensiklopedi umum[permanent dead link]. Yogyakarta: Yayasan Kanisius, 1977. pp. 435, 790
- ^ a b Feith, Herbert. The Wilopo Cabinet, 1952-1953: A Turning Point in Post-Revolutionary Indonesia. Ithaca, N.Y.: Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, 1958. pp. 70-71
- ^ a b Tedjasukmana, Iskandar. Watak Politik Gerakan Serikat Buruh Indonesia
- ^ Cribb, R. B. Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. Asian historical dictionaries, no. 9. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992. pp. 490-491
- ^ Feith, Herbert. The Wilopo Cabinet, 1952-1953: A Turning Point in Post-Revolutionary Indonesia. Ithaca, N.Y.: Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, 1958. p. 102
- ^ Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 435
- ^ Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 472