The Birth of the
Republic
What is the
date for Indonesia’s proclamation of independence? 17th of August 1945.
Who did they
proclaim independence from? The Japanese.
What two
documents would guide the country? Pancasila and Constitution.
How is the
leadership of the country set up under the new country’s constitution? Describe
it.
The new
leadership of the country is set up by first the president who is the leader of
the country and also the chief executive, second are the vice-president and a
cabinet of ministers who are the assistant of the president. Then later the
People’s Consultative Assembly organizes the sovereignty of the people. The
legislative power is control in the House of Representatives. The other
organizations of the country are the Supreme Court, supreme advisory council
and supreme audit board.
What is the
MPR and who has to “answer to it” (accountable)? Click here for the breakdown of the executive
branch. Why is this important to have in a government system? What does it do
to the spread of power?
MPR is the
People’s Consultative Assembly. The one who “answer to it” is the President. It
is important for a country to have a governmental system because it’ll make the
country well organized. It has to do with the spread of power because this
governmental system will not be working to the whole country if there isn’t the
spread of power. There must be the spread of power to make this government
system works because if only for example one city is under power that means
that only one city is organize and not the other cities that haven’t been
checked or arranged by the leader, especially Indonesia is quite a big country.
List the
institutions of the state.
-
Supreme
Court
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Supreme
Advisory Council
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Supreme
Audit Board
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People’s
Consultative Assembly (MPR)
-
House
of Representatives (DPR)
Who was the
first president? First vice-president? Why do you think they were chosen for
these positions?
The first
president is Soekarno and the first vice-president is Hatta. I personally think
that they were chosen for these positions because they were the leaders of
Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia (PPKI), which is a group of people that
planned the tactics, made the Pancasila and many more to help the country to be
independent. And I think because of that, they are chosen to be the first president
and vice-president of the country.
Stop, Think and Write (use complete sentences): What other countries were formed
in similar ways? Do you think they influenced each other? Why or why not?
Other countries that were formed in
similar ways like Indonesia are India, United Kingdom and United States. I
think they affect each other because those countries have the same government
system in the world that if something in the government system had been
changed, all of the countries’ government systems will also be changed too.
The War of
Independence
What
struggles did the new republic face right away? The Dutch came back to
Indonesia for the purpose of retake the East Indies control.
Stop, Think and Write (use complete sentences): “Repatriating” means bringing
someone back to their home country after being gone for a long period of time.
What was the task of the British troops in Southeast Asia? Why would they need
to do this?
The task of the British troops in
there was to bring back their internees and prisoners that were caught by wars.
The British troops need to do this because they needed those people of them to
help the military in their country, maybe.
What happened
in November in 1945 between the British and Indonesian freedom fighters? How
long did this last? In November 1945, there was a war between the British and
Indonesian freedom fighters, which cause a member of the British troop,
Brigadier Mallaby to die. And, the fighting the British troops did have made
the Indonesians realized how superior they are. So, because of this, the
Indonesians made a guerrilla. This lasts for 4 years.
Diplomacy and
Fighting
What was VP
Hatta’s manifesto? Click here to see the “peace policy 22”. What is
it? Good neighborhood, peace 22 with the world. The “peace policy 22” is a
policy that says to not have wars between each other and just have peace with
other countries.
Click here to see the list of Indonesian Prime
Ministers. Who was first? Sutan Sjahrir.
Usually, when
an executive branch has a president, there is no Prime Minister, but that was
not the case in Indonesia for years. When did this end, according to the link?
According to the link, it ends in 1966.
What was the
“repatriation of Japanese troops”? The “repatriation of Japanese troops” was
the time when the Japanese brings back their members of the troops that were a
prisoner or internees in another country other than their country; in this case
it’s Indonesia. The “repatriation of Japanese troops” that time was begun on
the 28th of April 1946.
When was the
seat of government moved from Jakarta to Yogyakarta? Why? 4th of
January 1946. It is because of the fight between Indonesia and Dutch troops
keep on going.
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