Soetardjo Petition

The Soetardjo Petition of 1936 was a motion of the Volksraad (a nascent legislative body) of the Dutch East Indies, instigated by the legislator Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo, which was submitted as a petition to Queen Wilhelmina and the Estates General of the Netherlands.[1][2][3] The document expressed the desire of Indonesians, within a period of ten years, to be independent under Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution as part of a Dutch commonwealth under the Dutch Crown.[1][2][3]

The petition, which was passed by a majority of the Volksraad, had six signatories, including Soetardjo himself, Sayyid Ismail Alatas, I. J. Kasimo, Ko Kwat Tiong Sia, Sam Ratulangi and Datoek Toemoenggoeng.[1]

On November 16, 1938, the petition was rejected because it was considered that the Indonesians were not yet ready for independence, even within the Dutch commonwealth. This rejection encouraged the nationalist movement in Indonesia to be more radical. It led to the formation of the GAPI in 1939.

Further reading
  • Soerjono and Ben Anderson (1980) On Musso's Return Indonesia, Vol. 29, (April 1980), pp. 59–90
  • Kartohadikusumo, Setiadi, 1990 Soetardjo : pembuat "petisi Soetardjo" dan perjuangannya Setiadi Kartohadikusumo Pustaka Sinar Harapan, Jakarta ISBN 979-416-090-3

References
  1. Klinken, Geert Arend van; Klinken, Gerry Van (2003). Minorities, Modernity and the Emerging Nation: Christians in Indonesia, a Biographical Approach. Leiden: KITLV Press. ISBN 978-90-6718-151-8. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. Gouda, Frances (2008). Dutch Culture Overseas: Colonial Practice in the Netherlands Indies, 1900-1942. Singapore: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 978-979-3780-62-7. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. Foray, Jennifer L. (2012). Visions of Empire in the Nazi-Occupied Netherlands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-01580-7. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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