The Consultative Body of Political Parties (, BPP) was a loose coalition of political parties in

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. A preparatory meeting, which would lead to the formation of BPP, was held on 27 February 1951. The BPP was officially launched on March 31, 1951, and a Common Programme adopted. The BPP Common Programme was broadly

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. It called for an independent Indonesian foreign policy, and a break from the

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agreement. Moreover, it called for the lifting of the state of War, nationalization of key industries, release of political prisoners,

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, the right to

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, swift holding of elections and the return of

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(West Papua) to Indonesia.Feith, Herbert.
The Wilopo Cabinet, 1952-1953: A Turning Point in Post-Revolutionary Indonesia
'. Ithaca, N.Y.: Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, 1958. p. 102 The BPP had eleven members, such as the

Communist Party of Indonesia The Communist Party of Indonesia (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Partai Komunis Indonesia'', PKI) was a communist party in the Dutch East Indies and later Indonesia. It was the largest non-ruling communist party in the world before its Indo ...

(''Partai Komunis Indonesia''),

Islamic Education Movement Union of Islamic Education (, Jawi: ڤرستوان تربيه اسلاميه; Arabic: اتحاد التربية الإسلامية‎ ''Ittiḥād at-Tarbiyah al-Islāmīyah''), also known as PERTI, is a Shafii-Ash'ari Islamic organization in ...

(''Perti''), Indonesian Marhaen People's Union (''Permai''),

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(''Partai Sarekat Islam Indonesia''), Labour Party (''Partai Buruh''),

Murba Party Murba Party (, Proletarian Party) was a 'National communism, national communist' political party in Indonesia.Harold Crouch, Crouch, Harold A. The Army and Politics in Indonesia. Politics and international relations of Southeast Asia'. Ithaca, N.Y ...

(''Partai Murba''), Indonesian Peasants Party (''Partai Tani Indonesia''), National People's Party (''Partai Rakjat Nasional''), Greater Indonesia Party (''Parindra'') and Indo-Europeans Nationalist Party (''Partai Indo Nasional''). Initially it appeared that the BPP would provide a venue for the

broad cooperation with the

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(PNI). However, as the PNI eventually rejected the invitation to join the BPP, the coalition rapidly became non-effective. The Communist Party on its hand continued to refer to the BPP Common Programme as the basis of its

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work, even after the BPP had ceased to function.

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