Minister Of Social Affairs: Proposed Hero Title For Suharto Comes From Regencies-Provinces

Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf. BETWEEN/IC Senjaya

Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf said the proposed National Hero title for former President Suharto came from below and had met the requirements to be forwarded to the Dewan of Titles, Services, and Honors.

"The bid for the title of hero was delivered from districts/cities, up to the province, to the Ministry of Social Affairs," said the Minister of Social Affairs in Semarang, Wednesday, October 29.

According to him, former President Soeharto was proposed by Sragen Regency in 2010 but at that time he did not meet the requirements.

This year, he continued, the proposed National Hero title for Suharto had met the requirements.

He said the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia was one of the 40 names proposed to win the title of National Hero.

40 names of national heroes who have met the requirements, he said, have been submitted to the Dewan of Titles, Services, and Honorary Signs chaired by the Minister of Culture Fadli Zon.

He considered that there were differences of opinion regarding the proposed national hero to be understandable, understood, and listened to as consideration.

The Minister of Social Affairs said that the candidates for National Heroes who have advantages and disadvantages are normal.

Previously, there were 40 names proposed by the Ministry of Social Affairs to obtain the title of national hero, namely female labor activist from Nganjuk, East Java, Marsinah, 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia Suharto (Central Java), 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid (East Java), Syaikhona Muhammad Kholil; Rais Aam PBNU KH Bisri Syansuri; KH Muhammad Yusuf Hasyim from Tebuireng, Jombang; General TNI (Ret.) M. Jusuf (South Sulawesi), and General TNI Purn. Ali Sadikin (Jakarta).

Furthermore, there are Syaikhona Muhammad Kholil (East Java), HM Sanusi (East Java), KH Bisri Syansuri (East Java), HB Jassin (Gorontalo), Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin (West Nusa Tenggara), Prof. Dr. Mochtar Kusumaatmadja (West Java), H. Ali Sastroamidjojo (East Java), dr. Kariadi (Central Java), and RM Bambang Soeprapto Dipokoesomo (Central Java).

Then, Basoeki Probowinoto (Central Java), Raden Soeprapto (Central Java), Mochamad Moeffreni Moe'min (Jakarta), KH Sholeh Iskandar (West Java), Sheikh Sulaiman Ar-Rasuli (West Sumatra), Zainal Abidin Syah (North Maluku), Gerrit Agustinus Siwabessy (Maluku), Chatib Sulaiman (West Sumatra), and Sayyid Idrus bin Salim Al-Jufri (Central Sulawesi).