Consultative Council for Indonesian Citizenship

Consultative Council for Indonesian Citizenship
Consultative Council for Indonesian Citizenship
Abbreviation	Baperki
Chairman	Siauw Giok Tjhan
Founded	13 March 1954
Dissolved	1965
	Politics of Indonesia; Political parties; Elections;

The Consultative Council for Indonesian Citizenship (Indonesian: Badan Permusjawaratan Kewarganegaraan Indonesia), often known by its Indonesian abbreviation Baperki, was an organization founded in Indonesia in 1954 by Indonesians of Chinese descent. It stood in the 1955 Indonesian legislative election, winning 0.5% of the vote, and was awarded one seat in the People's Representative Council. The organization sponsored schools including Res Publica University (1960). The group was associated with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). After the 1965 coup attempt in Indonesia, Res Publika was burned down and replaced by a new school, Trisakti, and the group was banned.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Anthony Welch (31 March 2011). Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Blurring Borders, Changing Balance. Taylor & Francis. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-1-136-80907-1.
^ Joseph Saunders; Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998). Academic Freedom in Indonesia: Dismantling Soeharto-era Barriers. Human Rights Watch. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-1-56432-186-2.
^ * Feith, Herbert (1957). The Indonesian Elections of 1955. Ithaca, N. Y.: Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University. p. 58.