Word: indonesia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nobody could deny that Indonesia's government needs some kind of rejuvenation. Large chunks of Sumatra. Indonesia's richest island, have been in open revolt. Deprived of much of the revenue from Sumatra's exports (oil, tin and rubber), the central government has been forced to issue an emergency decree lowering the legal ratio of gold to paper currency from 20% to 15%. For nearly three months the crumbling Cabinet of hapless Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo has clung to office largely on Sukarno's insistence...
...opposition parties. "Many opposition leaders oppose the government just for the sake of opposition," complained Sukarno. "Every Cabinet has faced this. No Cabinet has been able to survive long because of the continuing crisis ... I won't say Western democracy is bad. It is simply not suitable for Indonesia...
...Band Plays On. Nobody in Indonesia is big enough to challenge Sukarno, but it remains to be seen whether he can get his "new concept" accepted...
Nervously, the independent newspaper Indonesia Raya recalled the price paid by Czechoslovakia for admitting Communists to her Cabinet: "It wasn't long before the Communists were running the country." The powerful Moslem parties oppose admitting Communists to the government...
...eyes of Indonesia's masses, how ever, eloquent Bung (Brother) Karno can do no wrong. This time, too, Sukarno had Indonesia's best-disciplined political party on his side. In Djakarta's buses, trains and streets jubilant Reds distributed thousands of leaflets hailing the President's plan, and in the downtown headquarters of the Communist Party a band played all day long...