Soetardjo Petition

Soetardjo Petition
Presented15 July 1936
Author(s)Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo
PurposeTo call for a conference to discuss autonomy and self-governance for the Dutch East Indies within the limits of the Dutch constitutional framework

The Soetardjo Petition (Indonesian: Petisi Soetardjo) was a motion of the Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies, instigated by the member Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo, which was submitted as a petition to Queen Wilhelmina and the Estates General of the Netherlands asking for more autonomy.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Klinken 2003.
  2. ^ Gouda 2008.
  3. ^ Foray 2012.