Acoma Party
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The Acoma Party was a communist political party
in Indonesia
. It evolved out of the Young Communist Force (Angkatan Comunis Muda, known by its acronym 'Acoma'). Acoma was converted into Partai Acoma on August 8, 1952. Acoma/Partai Acoma was led by Ibnu Parna
.
Acoma developed as a communist youth group, founded in June 1946, whose cadres had not joined the Communist Party of Indonesia
(PKI). It was largely made up by the remnants of the following of Tan Malaka
. Acoma became part of the pro-Tan Malaka Revolutionary People's Movement (GRR).
Politically, Partai Acoma was close to the Murba Party
. However some Acoma militants joined PKI, such as the Acoma leader Sidik Kertapati (who became a Central Committee
member of PKI).
Partai Acoma consistuted a minority faction in SAKTI, the Indonesian Peasants Union. The party was able to delay for two years the merger of SAKTI into the PKI-led peasants organizations.
In the 1955 parliamentary election
, Partai Acoma got 64,514 votes (0.2% of the national vote). One parliamentarian was elected from the party, Ibnu Parna. After the election Ibnu Parna joined the National Progressive Fraction
, a body of ten MPs from Java. In the Constituent Assembly, Acoma supported the Social-Economic bloc.
In the early 1950s, Partai Acoma began developing contacts with the Trotskyist International Secretariat of the Fourth International. In 1956 Ibnu Parna took part in the world congress of the International. In 1959 Partai Acoma was affiliated to the International Secretariat of the Fourth International as its Indonesian section.
In February 1959 Ibnu Parna was arrested for having denounced the rule of General Nasution in a pamphlet, in spite of having parliamentary immunity.
The party was banned in 1965. The party was targeted by the new Suharto regime. Ibnu Parna was killed in the mass killings of 1965
.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. It evolved out of the Young Communist Force (Angkatan Comunis Muda, known by its acronym 'Acoma'). Acoma was converted into Partai Acoma on August 8, 1952. Acoma/Partai Acoma was led by Ibnu Parna
Ibnu Parna
Ibnu Parna was an Indonesian communist politician and leader of the Acoma Party , and trade unionist.Involved in the anti-colonial struggle in Indonesia as a youth leader in Semarang, Parna was elected an Indonesian Parliament member for the Acoma Party in 1955...
.
Acoma developed as a communist youth group, founded in June 1946, whose cadres had not joined the Communist Party of Indonesia
Communist Party of Indonesia
The Communist Party of Indonesia was the largest non-ruling communist party in the world prior to being crushed in 1965 and banned the following year.-Forerunners:...
(PKI). It was largely made up by the remnants of the following of Tan Malaka
Tan Malaka
Tan Malaka was an Indonesian nationalist activist and communist leader. A staunch critic of both the colonial Dutch East Indies government and the republican Sukarno administration that governed the country after the Indonesian National Revolution, he was also frequently in conflict with the...
. Acoma became part of the pro-Tan Malaka Revolutionary People's Movement (GRR).
Politically, Partai Acoma was close to the Murba Party
Murba Party
Murba Party was a 'national communist' political party in Indonesia. The party was founded by Tan Malaka's followers in 1948. The history of the party was largely intertwined with that of the powerful Communist Party of Indonesia . Initially relations between PKI and the Murba Party were fluid,...
. However some Acoma militants joined PKI, such as the Acoma leader Sidik Kertapati (who became a Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
member of PKI).
Partai Acoma consistuted a minority faction in SAKTI, the Indonesian Peasants Union. The party was able to delay for two years the merger of SAKTI into the PKI-led peasants organizations.
In the 1955 parliamentary election
Indonesian legislative election, 1955
Indonesia's first parliamentary general election was held on 29 September 1955. The candidates were seeking to be elected to the 257-seat People's Representative Council, which would replace the existing provisional legislature...
, Partai Acoma got 64,514 votes (0.2% of the national vote). One parliamentarian was elected from the party, Ibnu Parna. After the election Ibnu Parna joined the National Progressive Fraction
National Progressive Fraction
The National Progressive Fraction was a parliamentary group in the Indonesian People's Representative Council, formed after the 1955 parliamentary election. The group consisted of ten Members of Parliament, all elected from Java.Members;*Murba Party...
, a body of ten MPs from Java. In the Constituent Assembly, Acoma supported the Social-Economic bloc.
In the early 1950s, Partai Acoma began developing contacts with the Trotskyist International Secretariat of the Fourth International. In 1956 Ibnu Parna took part in the world congress of the International. In 1959 Partai Acoma was affiliated to the International Secretariat of the Fourth International as its Indonesian section.
In February 1959 Ibnu Parna was arrested for having denounced the rule of General Nasution in a pamphlet, in spite of having parliamentary immunity.
The party was banned in 1965. The party was targeted by the new Suharto regime. Ibnu Parna was killed in the mass killings of 1965
Indonesian killings of 1965–66
The Indonesian killings of 1965–1966 were an anti-communist purge following a failed coup in Indonesia. The most widely accepted estimates are that over half a million people were killed...
.