Over-confident of their strength and
precipitated by the serious illness of President Soekarno, who was
undergoing treatment by a Chinese medical team from Beijing, the
Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) attempted another coup on September
30, 1965. The uprising, however, was abrupt and quickly stamped out
by the Armed Forces under Major General Soeharto, then Chief of the
Army's Strategic Command.
On the night of September 30, or more
precisely in the early hours of October 1, 1965, armed PKI men and
members of Cakrabirawa, the President's security guard, set out to
kidnap, torture and kill six top Army Generals. Their bodies were
dumped in an abandoned well at Lubang Buaya, on the outskirts of
Jakarta. The coup was staged in the wake of troop deployments to
Kalimantan, at the height of Indonesia's confrontation with
Malaysia. Moreover, at the time, many cabinet members were attending
a celebration of the Chinese October Revolution in Beijing. It was
during this power vacuum that the communists struck again.
Under instructions from General Soeharto, crack troops of the Army's Commando Regiment
(RPKAD) freed
the central radio station (RRI) and the telecommunication center
from communist occupation.
Students made for the streets in
militant demonstrations to fight for a three-point claim, or "Tritura,"
that aimed to ban the PKI, replace Soekarno's cabinet ministers, and
reduce the prices of basic necessities. They set up a "street
parliament" to gather the demands of the people.
Under these explosive conditions,
President Soekarno eventually gave in and granted Soeharto full
power to restore order and security in the country. The transfer of
power was effected by a presidential order known as "the 11th
of March order" of 1966. Soon afterwards, on March 12, 1966,
General Soeharto banned the PKI. This decision was endorsed and
sanctioned by virtue of the Provisional People's Consultative
Assembly Decree No XXV/MPRS/1966. He also formed a new cabinet, but
Soekarno remained as Chief Executive. This brought dualism into the
cabinet, particularly when Soekarno did not show support for the
cabinet's program to establish political and economic stability.
Hence, a special session of the Provisional People's Consultative
Assembly (MPRS) was convened from March 7-12, 1967. The Assembly
resolved to relieve Soekarno of his presidential duties and
appointed Soeharto as Acting President, pending the election of a
new President by an elected People's Consultative Assembly.
precipitated by the serious illness of President Soekarno, who was
undergoing treatment by a Chinese medical team from Beijing, the
Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) attempted another coup on September
30, 1965. The uprising, however, was abrupt and quickly stamped out
by the Armed Forces under Major General Soeharto, then Chief of the
Army's Strategic Command.
On the night of September 30, or more
precisely in the early hours of October 1, 1965, armed PKI men and
members of Cakrabirawa, the President's security guard, set out to
kidnap, torture and kill six top Army Generals. Their bodies were
dumped in an abandoned well at Lubang Buaya, on the outskirts of
Jakarta. The coup was staged in the wake of troop deployments to
Kalimantan, at the height of Indonesia's confrontation with
Malaysia. Moreover, at the time, many cabinet members were attending
a celebration of the Chinese October Revolution in Beijing. It was
during this power vacuum that the communists struck again.
Under instructions from General Soeharto, crack troops of the Army's Commando Regiment
(RPKAD) freed
the central radio station (RRI) and the telecommunication center
from communist occupation.
Students made for the streets in
militant demonstrations to fight for a three-point claim, or "Tritura,"
that aimed to ban the PKI, replace Soekarno's cabinet ministers, and
reduce the prices of basic necessities. They set up a "street
parliament" to gather the demands of the people.
Under these explosive conditions,
President Soekarno eventually gave in and granted Soeharto full
power to restore order and security in the country. The transfer of
power was effected by a presidential order known as "the 11th
of March order" of 1966. Soon afterwards, on March 12, 1966,
General Soeharto banned the PKI. This decision was endorsed and
sanctioned by virtue of the Provisional People's Consultative
Assembly Decree No XXV/MPRS/1966. He also formed a new cabinet, but
Soekarno remained as Chief Executive. This brought dualism into the
cabinet, particularly when Soekarno did not show support for the
cabinet's program to establish political and economic stability.
Hence, a special session of the Provisional People's Consultative
Assembly (MPRS) was convened from March 7-12, 1967. The Assembly
resolved to relieve Soekarno of his presidential duties and
appointed Soeharto as Acting President, pending the election of a
new President by an elected People's Consultative Assembly.
THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW ORDER GOVERNMENT
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