JAKARTA - DPR Speaker Puan Maharani responded to the polemic of the proposed national hero title for the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto. According to Puan, the decision to give the title is not in the hands of the DPR or the public, but through a study of the Dewan of Titles, Services, and Honors.
"Every proposed title has an honorary council or council that examines who can accept or not accept," said Puan, Tuesday, May 27.
Therefore, the daughter of the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri, emphasized that all parties should submit the assessment process to the council objectively. Whether, later the proposed national hero title for Suharto will be accepted or not.
"So let the councils then review whether the proposals have indeed been carried out, accepted or not," said Puan.
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Previously, the discourse of awarding the title of hero to Suharto was rejected by a number of activists who were members of the 1998 Reformation Movement. The rejection was conveyed by activists in a discussion entitled "Reflexion 27 Years of Reform: Suharto Pahlawan or Criminal Human Rights?" which was held at the Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jakarta, Saturday, May 24.
According to them, the awarding of the title of hero to Suharto was against the spirit of reform.
These 98 activists considered Suharto unfit to receive the title of national hero because he had a track record of human rights violations and was repressive towards the people's movement during the New Order era.
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