Economy of Indonesia the Republic of Indonesia), a currency issued by the Republican Government which was the predecessor of Rupiah. Despite so, currency issued during the Japanese occupation and by Dutch authorities were still in circulation, and simplicity of the ORI made its counterfeiting straightforward, worsening matters. Once the nation's independence has been recognised by the Netherlands on December 1949, the next 10 years saw the devaluation of Dutch banknotes into half their value ("Gunting Sjafruddin"), dissolution of the United States of Indonesia in 1950, and during the liberal democracy period the nationalization of "De Javasche Bank" into modern Bank Indonesia and the
National Front Party (Indonesia) National Front Party (Indonesia) The National Front Party (, "Barnas") is a political party in Indonesia. It was founded by Vence Rumangkang, former member of the Democratic Party advisory board. The party contested the 2009 elections, but won only 0.7 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council. In the legislative election held on 9 April 2009, support for Barnas was higher than the party's national average in the following provinces: Aceh 0.9% North Sumatra 0.9% Bengkulu 1.1% Riau 0.7% Jambi 1.0% South Sumatra 1.7% Banten