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The Council of the Indies Building in Batavia

The Council of the Indies (Template:Lang-nl; Template:Lang-id) was a body established in 1610 to advise and limit the powers of the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies.[1][2]

Initially the council had four members and a chairman, all Dutch nationals. In 1930, this was increased to six people, with citizens of the Dutch East Indies eligible for membership. The council was chaired by the governor-general. The Dutch monarch had the authority to make a final decision in the event of a disagreement between the governor-general and the council.[3][4]

Prior to 1836, the council had the same standing as the governor-general, but that year, its role was reduced to that of an advisory body. It regained some of its powers in 1854, when an act was passed obliging the governor-general to consult it before taking major measures, but he was still under no obligation to heed its advice.[5] Its powers were reduced again in 1925, but the governor-general still had to consult it before taking certain actions, including making announcements or sending proposals to the semi-legislative Volksraad.[6]

In a report sent to Governor-General Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer in 1938, the council recommended rejection of the Soetardjo Petition, which had been signed by a number of members of the Volksraad and that asked for a conference to be organised to discuss the autonomy for the Dutch East Indies as part of a Dutch commonwealth. The council took the view that the demands of the petition were at odds with the Dutch constitution and that Indonesia was not ready to become a dominion.[7]

Membership

1922 1941
Vice-president H. N. A. Swart, appointed 2 Sept. 1918 H. J. Spit, appointed 21 November 1938.
Members P. De Roo De La Faille, appointed 3 Feb. 1919
Mr. L. J. Dukstra, appointed 9 Dec. 1919
W. Frijling, appointed 2 March 1921
Mr H. A. Kinderman, appointed 28 April 2921		 F. H. Visman, appointed 23 June 1936
J. H. B. Kuneman, appointed 23 June 1936
G. F. de Bruyn Kops, appointed 21 November 1938
Adipati Ario Soejono, appointed 29 February 1940
Secretary W. G. Stroband, appointed 2 November 1921 L. F. Jansen, appointed 25 October 1939.
Source Regeeringsalmanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1922[8] Regeeringsalmanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1941[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Ricklefs 2008, p. 59.
  2. ^ Cribb & Kahin 2004, p. 362.
  3. ^ Kusuma 2004, p. 75.
  4. ^ Vandenbosch 1933, p. 88.
  5. ^ Angelino 1931, p. 47.
  6. ^ Vandenbosch 1933, pp. 86–87.
  7. ^ Abeyasekere, 1973 & pp100-101.
  8. ^ Regeeringsalmanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1922 1922, p. 47.
  9. ^ Regeeringsalmanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1941 1941, p. 53.

References

  • Abeyasekere, Susan (April 1973). "The Soetardjo Petition" (PDF). Indonesia. 15 (15). doi:10.2307/3350793. ISSN 0019-7289. JSTOR 3350793.
  • Angelino, A.D.A. De Kat (1931). Colonial Policy, Volume II: The Dutch East Indies. The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff.
  • Cribb, R.B; Kahin, Audrey (2004). Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849358.
  • Kusuma, A.B (2004). Lahirnya Undang-Undang Dasar 1945 : memuat salinan dokumen otentik badan oentoek menyelidiki oesaha2 persiapan kemerdekaan [The Birth of the 1945 Constitution: including copies of the authentic documents of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence] (in Indonesian). Depok, Indonesia: Badan Penerbit Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia. ISBN 979-8972-28-7.
  • Regeeringsalmanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1922: Tweede gedeelte [Government almanac for the Dutch East Indies 1922: Second part] (PDF) (in Dutch). 1922.
  • Regeeringsalmanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1941: Tweede gedeelte [Government almanac for the Dutch East Indies 1941: Second part] (PDF) (in Dutch). 1941.
  • Ricklefs, M.C. (2008) [1981]. A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 (4th ed.). London: MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-54685-1.
  • Vandenbosch, Amry (1933). The Dutch East Indies, its government, problems, and politics. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans publishing company.


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