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The '''Provisional Senate of East Indonesia''' ({{lang-id|Senat Sementara Negara Indonesia Timur}}) was the upper house of the parliament of East Indonesia. The senate was formed based on the 1948 Provisional Senate Act. The members of the senate were elected on May 1949. There were 13 seats in the Senate, with one seat for each region of East Indonesia.<ref name=p91>{{harvnb|Bastiaans|1950|p=91}}</ref>
The '''Provisional Senate of East Indonesia''' ({{langx|id|Senat Sementara Negara Indonesia Timur}}) was the upper house of the parliament of [[State of East Indonesia]], a component of the [[United States of Indonesia]]. The Senate existed from May 1949 to August 1950, when the State of East Indonesia was dissolved into the unitary Republic of Indonesia.


==Background==
This provisional Senate has the duty to prepare the draft Constitution. After the planned constitution is enacted, the senate will then be dissolved, to make way for a definitive Senate, to be put together in accordance with the rules laid down in the Constitution. The definitive senate will then give its opinion on the Constitution in second reading and, as is to be expected, the senate will be given a broader scope compared to the Provisional Senate.<ref name=p91/>
The State of East Indonesia was formed in the [[Great East]], the area of the [[Dutch East Indies]] that the Dutch were able to reassert control over following the [[Surrender of Japan|Japanese surrender]] and the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|Indonesian declaration of independence]] in August 1945.{{sfn|Ricklefs|2001|p=348}} From 18–24 December 1946, a [[Denpasar Conference|conference in Denpasar]] was held to work out the specifics of the state, including producing a provisional constitution, the Denpasar Regulation, which included provision for a senate with unspecified powers. Two years later, at the Second Malino Conference, representatives of the self-governing regions in the State of East Indonesia met and proposed a law establishing the senate. The law was enacted in February 1949.{{sfn|Anak Agung|1995|p=117}} The senate was later formed based on this 1949 Provisional Senate Act.{{sfn|Schiller|1955|pp=153, 376n}}{{sfn|Kahin|1952|p=366}}

==Powers==
This provisional Senate had the duty to approve, but not the right to amend, the draft constitution drawn up by the special body formed to write it following its approval by the [[Provisional Representative Body of East Indonesia|Provisional Representative Body]]. After the planned constitution was enacted, the senate would have been dissolved, to make way for a definitive Senate, to be put together in accordance with the rules laid down in the constitution. The definitive senate would then give its opinion on the Constitution in a second reading.<ref name=AA576>{{harvnb|Anak Agung|1996|p=576}}</ref> The senate duly considered the proposed constitution from August to November 1949, and approved it on 30 November.{{sfn|Schiller|1955|pp=154-155}}

Under the proposed definitive constitution, the Senate would have had the power to delay legislation for up to a year, although this could be overruled by a two-thirds vote in the Representative Assembly. It would act as an advisory body to the government, which would have to consult it on proposed legislation related to the self-governing areas, which the Senate could veto. However work on the new constitution stopped in early 1950 as it became apparent that East Indonesia was to be dissolved into the Republic of Indonesia.{{sfn|Schiller|1955|pp=154-155}}{{sfn|Kahin|1952|pp=366-367}}

== Members ==
[[File:Provisional Senate of East Indonesia, Volume I of Pendidikan Politik Rakjat, p64.jpg|thumb|Members of the Provisional Senate of East Indonesia.]]
There were 13 seats in the Senate, with one seat for each region of East Indonesia. Senate elections were completed in May 1949, with members elected by the ruling bodies in each region. Ten of the thirteen members were local rulers, all of whom who had binding contracts with the Dutch, which obliged them to swear loyalty to the Dutch sovereign and to abide by regulations drawn up by the Dutch. Aristocratic rulers governed 70 percent of the total area of East Indonesia, so the Senate as formed allowed these rulers to retain the powers they had had under Dutch role, while allowing the Dutch to exercise political control over the state. The body was officially inaugurated by the President of East Indonesia, [[Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati]], on 28 May 1949.<ref name=p91>{{harvnb|Bastiaans|1950|p=91}}</ref><ref name="AA591592">{{harvnb|Anak Agung|1996|pp=591–592}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|State of East Indonesia Information Ministry |nd|p=64}}</ref>{{sfn|Kahin|1952|pp=364-365}}{{sfn|Schiller|1955|p=154}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No !! Name !! Constituency !! Position !! References
|-
| 1 || Iskandar Muhammad Jabir Shah || North Maluku || Sultan of Ternate (1929–1975) || rowspan="13" |<ref name=p91/><ref name=AA591592/>
|-
| 2 || Lalu Wirentanus || Lombok || Regent of Central Lombok (1946-1959)
|-
| 3 || Gusti Ngurah Kanta || Bali || Head of the Denpasar self-governing region (''swapraja'')
|-
| 4 || Obe Alfonsus Nisnoni || Timor and surrounding islands || ''Raja'' of Kupang (1945-1955)
|-
| 5 || Umbu Tunggu Mbili || Sumba || ''Raja'' of Memboro (1934-1962)
|-
| 6 || ''Bapa'' Kaja || Flores || Chair of the Adonara Council of ''Rajas''
|-
| 7 || Lalu Mandjawakang || Sumbawa || Member of the Sumbawa Council of ''Rajas''
|-
| 8 || Achmad Marzoeki || South Sulawesi ||
|-
| 9 || [[Johan Manusama]] || South Maluku || Headmaster of the Amboina Senior High School
|-
| 10 || W.A. Sarapil|| Sangihe and Talaud || Regent of Sangihe (1948-1950)
|-
| 11 || Syukuran Aminuddin Amir || Central Sulawesi|| ''Raja'' of Banggai (1939-1959)
|-
| 12 || Peils Maurits Tangkilisan || Minahasa || Head of Amurang District
|-
| 13 || H. J. C. Manoppo || North Sulawesi|| Chairman of the Bolaang-Mongondouw Council of ''Rajas''
|}


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{Citation | url=http://lampje.leidenuniv.nl/KITLV-docs/open/356098931.pdf|last= Bastiaans|first=W. Ch. J. | title =Personalia Van Staatkundige Eenheden (Regering en Volksvertegenwoordiging) in Indonesie (per 1 Sept. 1949)| place = [[Jakarta]]| year = 1950 }}
* {{Citation | url=https://kitlv-docs.library.leiden.edu/open/356098931.pdf|last= Bastiaans|first=W. Ch. J. | title =Personalia Van Staatkundige Eenheden (Regering en Volksvertegenwoordiging) in Indonesie (per 1 Sept. 1949)| place = [[Jakarta]]| year = 1950 }}
*{{cite book |author = Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung |translator-last1= Owens|translator-first1= Linda|year= 1996|orig-year= 1995|title= From the Formation of the State of East Indonesia Towards the Establishment of the United States of Indonesia|edition= |location= |publisher= Yayasan Obor |isbn= 979-461-216-2}}
*{{Cite book | last = Kahin | first = George McTurnan |authorlink = George McTurnan Kahin| title = Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia | publisher = Cornell University Press |location = Ithaca, New York| year = 1952}}
*{{Cite book | last = Ricklefs| first = M.C. | author-link = M. C. Ricklefs | title = A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 | publisher = Palgrave |edition = 3rd | year = 2001 | origyear = 1981 | isbn = 978-0-230-54685-1}}
*{{Cite book | last = Schiller| first = A. Arthur | title = The Formation of Federal Indonesia | publisher = W. van Hoeve Ltd. | year = 1955 }}
* {{cite book | author = State of East Indonesia Information Ministry | title = Pendidikan Politik Rakyat | publisher = State of East Indonesia Information Ministry | volume = 1 | date = nd | location = Makassar | language = id | trans-title = Public Political Education | format = PDF| url = https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qadhf_XtiOlckJuQ2MG4ngJdvBGgCQJW0Ryg5uvm_fz9w73nrjQy--uKOU5UUplxrjle1bbDDYtdO0uWJAIB07BOgR9GpV7npLEotKwRb7m85XxjBs8O-eFXrkECFeQdmm1zqud-oNM5JYwjvVO2R06WcrjUvTuPJpOt5Zpq5FRQMwiGSTAttrH0wn4XgUR_HgiplVsPuwRZn3d2WEbNxGl3lrLVrpuLUUjWGIPyXFXSxfLQXArxqodS1QN25IPYbNnyK86R}}


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Latest revision as of 05:35, 1 November 2024

Provisional Senate of East Indonesia

Senat Sementara Negara Indonesia Timur
Coat of arms of East Indonesia
Flag of East Indonesia
History
Founded28 May 1949
Disbanded17 August 1950
Leadership
Speaker
W. A. Sarapil, Sangihe and Talaud
Deputy Speaker

The Provisional Senate of East Indonesia (Indonesian: Senat Sementara Negara Indonesia Timur) was the upper house of the parliament of State of East Indonesia, a component of the United States of Indonesia. The Senate existed from May 1949 to August 1950, when the State of East Indonesia was dissolved into the unitary Republic of Indonesia.

Background

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The State of East Indonesia was formed in the Great East, the area of the Dutch East Indies that the Dutch were able to reassert control over following the Japanese surrender and the Indonesian declaration of independence in August 1945.[1] From 18–24 December 1946, a conference in Denpasar was held to work out the specifics of the state, including producing a provisional constitution, the Denpasar Regulation, which included provision for a senate with unspecified powers. Two years later, at the Second Malino Conference, representatives of the self-governing regions in the State of East Indonesia met and proposed a law establishing the senate. The law was enacted in February 1949.[2] The senate was later formed based on this 1949 Provisional Senate Act.[3][4]

Powers

[edit]

This provisional Senate had the duty to approve, but not the right to amend, the draft constitution drawn up by the special body formed to write it following its approval by the Provisional Representative Body. After the planned constitution was enacted, the senate would have been dissolved, to make way for a definitive Senate, to be put together in accordance with the rules laid down in the constitution. The definitive senate would then give its opinion on the Constitution in a second reading.[5] The senate duly considered the proposed constitution from August to November 1949, and approved it on 30 November.[6]

Under the proposed definitive constitution, the Senate would have had the power to delay legislation for up to a year, although this could be overruled by a two-thirds vote in the Representative Assembly. It would act as an advisory body to the government, which would have to consult it on proposed legislation related to the self-governing areas, which the Senate could veto. However work on the new constitution stopped in early 1950 as it became apparent that East Indonesia was to be dissolved into the Republic of Indonesia.[6][7]

Members

[edit]
Members of the Provisional Senate of East Indonesia.

There were 13 seats in the Senate, with one seat for each region of East Indonesia. Senate elections were completed in May 1949, with members elected by the ruling bodies in each region. Ten of the thirteen members were local rulers, all of whom who had binding contracts with the Dutch, which obliged them to swear loyalty to the Dutch sovereign and to abide by regulations drawn up by the Dutch. Aristocratic rulers governed 70 percent of the total area of East Indonesia, so the Senate as formed allowed these rulers to retain the powers they had had under Dutch role, while allowing the Dutch to exercise political control over the state. The body was officially inaugurated by the President of East Indonesia, Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati, on 28 May 1949.[8][9][10][11][12]

No Name Constituency Position References
1 Iskandar Muhammad Jabir Shah North Maluku Sultan of Ternate (1929–1975) [8][9]
2 Lalu Wirentanus Lombok Regent of Central Lombok (1946-1959)
3 Gusti Ngurah Kanta Bali Head of the Denpasar self-governing region (swapraja)
4 Obe Alfonsus Nisnoni Timor and surrounding islands Raja of Kupang (1945-1955)
5 Umbu Tunggu Mbili Sumba Raja of Memboro (1934-1962)
6 Bapa Kaja Flores Chair of the Adonara Council of Rajas
7 Lalu Mandjawakang Sumbawa Member of the Sumbawa Council of Rajas
8 Achmad Marzoeki South Sulawesi
9 Johan Manusama South Maluku Headmaster of the Amboina Senior High School
10 W.A. Sarapil Sangihe and Talaud Regent of Sangihe (1948-1950)
11 Syukuran Aminuddin Amir Central Sulawesi Raja of Banggai (1939-1959)
12 Peils Maurits Tangkilisan Minahasa Head of Amurang District
13 H. J. C. Manoppo North Sulawesi Chairman of the Bolaang-Mongondouw Council of Rajas

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Bastiaans, W. Ch. J. (1950), Personalia Van Staatkundige Eenheden (Regering en Volksvertegenwoordiging) in Indonesie (per 1 Sept. 1949) (PDF), Jakarta{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung (1996) [1995]. From the Formation of the State of East Indonesia Towards the Establishment of the United States of Indonesia. Translated by Owens, Linda. Yayasan Obor. ISBN 979-461-216-2.
  • Kahin, George McTurnan (1952). Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
  • Ricklefs, M.C. (2001) [1981]. A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 (3rd ed.). Palgrave. ISBN 978-0-230-54685-1.
  • Schiller, A. Arthur (1955). The Formation of Federal Indonesia. W. van Hoeve Ltd.
  • State of East Indonesia Information Ministry (nd). Pendidikan Politik Rakyat [Public Political Education] (PDF) (in Indonesian). Vol. 1. Makassar: State of East Indonesia Information Ministry.

References

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  1. ^ Ricklefs 2001, p. 348.
  2. ^ Anak Agung 1995, p. 117.
  3. ^ Schiller 1955, pp. 153, 376n.
  4. ^ Kahin 1952, p. 366.
  5. ^ Anak Agung 1996, p. 576
  6. ^ a b Schiller 1955, pp. 154–155.
  7. ^ Kahin 1952, pp. 366–367.
  8. ^ a b Bastiaans 1950, p. 91
  9. ^ a b Anak Agung 1996, pp. 591–592
  10. ^ State of East Indonesia Information Ministry nd, p. 64
  11. ^ Kahin 1952, pp. 364–365.
  12. ^ Schiller 1955, p. 154.