Like IEV, the Volksraad promptly started the debate about the Spit Commission’s summary recommendations as soon as the 1935/1936 sessions began. The Indonesian Nationalist Faction members were cautious about the recommendations. They underlined the privileged status of Indo-Europeans in terms of law, legal jurisdiction, employment, and salary levels, as well as in terms of the state’s guarantee of personal rights and education. I.J. Kasimo, a Volksraad member representing Indonesian Catholics, contended that allowing Indo-Europeans to have land rights made even more unfair the already unjust tax structure. In special circumstances their ground rent could even be pardoned.Where Indonesian farmers had to resort to moneylenders for cash relief, Indo-European small farmers enjoyed generous assistance from the government through farming credits.