Gatot Nurmantyo's Annual Narrative About The Awakening Of The PKI: Warning Or Paranoid?

Gatot Nurmantyo (Photo: Instagram @nurmantyo_gatot)

JAKARTA - Almost every September 30, the issue of the revival of the PKI surfaced. And one of the people who diligently voiced this issue was the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, General TNI (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo. This time he accused communism of having infiltrated the TNI with the disappearance of the statue of Suharto et al at the Kostrad Headquarters. The question is is this just paranoid or a warning?

It all started when Gatot made a statement at a webinar titled 'TNI Vs PKI' on September 26 yesterday. He said there were a number of indications that the PKI had infiltrated the TNI. He said this was evident from the disappearance of Suharto's diorama, which was ordering Sarwo Edhie to crush the PKI.

In a previous online discussion, Gatot recounted the beginning of the founding of the PKI until the existence of this PKI in Indonesia. The most tangible evidence of the PKI is indicated in the TNI through the disappearance of the diorama at the Makostrad.

"The real evidence of the abyss of destruction is right in front of our eyes, what just happened was the Kostrad Museum, what a diorama there is in Makostrad, in Makostrad there is a building, that building is the office where Pak Harto (Soeharto) used to be. where Pak Harto was giving instructions to Pak Sarwo Edhie as Commander of the Parako Regiment assisted by the KKO," said Gatot.

"This shows that we have to admit, like it or not, in dealing with the G30SPKI rebellion, the role of Kostrad, the role of Suharto, the role of Kopassus which used to be the Para Commando Regiment and Sarwo Edhie, and the role of General Nasution. now it's not there, it's clean," he added.

Gatot Nurmantyo (YouTube screenshot of OUR declaration)

Gatot's statement caused a commotion in the public sphere. Even until this morning the hashtag #Gatot was still trending on Twitter. So how do you sit down?

Head of Information for Kostrad Colonel Inf Haryantana in a press release explained that Kostrad had never dismantled or removed the statue of the PKI crushing monument at the Dharma Bhakti Museum at the Kostrad Headquarters. "The demolition of the statues was purely the request of Lt. Gen. TNI (Ret.) Azmyn Yusri Nasution as an idea maker and for inner peace," he said.

According to Col Haryantana, Kostrad had no idea to dismantle the statues of Indonesia's Second President Suharto, Lt. Gen. Sarwo Edhie, and General AH Nasution that were in Suharto's office at the Dharma Bhakti Museum, at the Kostrad Headquarters. He said that there was a previous request from Lieutenant General TNI Azmyn Yusri Nasution as the maker of the statues.

Azmyn, according to Haryantana, asked the Kostrad Commander, Lt. Gen. Dudung, to hand over the statues to him. "It was the statue that made Lt. Gen. (Ret.) AY Nasution when he was Pangkostrad. Then on August 30, 2021, Pak AY. Nasution asked the Commander of Kostrad, L.

Gatot's Consistency

Almost every September 30, right when the anniversary of the G30S PKI, the issue of the ideological revival of the hammer and sickle party sticks out. And Gatot became one of the characters who consistently voiced this.

Last year, for example, Gatot also said that the rise of the PKI or the new style of communism was true. He also had time to explain his argument about it.

At the Indonesia Lawyers Club event on September 29, 2020, Gatot explained that based on the various theories he had read, there would be a potential for war around the equator with economic and energy backgrounds. He also revealed the growth of the ideology of communism in Indonesia.

According to him, Indonesia is squeezed by two forces, namely communism, namely the People's Republic of China, and America, which has the ideology of capitalism. A number of indications also show the emergence of communism which is contrary to Pancasila.

Gatot Nurmantyo (Photo: Gatot Nurmantyo's Facebook)

"The number of PKI children is 15 million, then what about the PKI ideology, will it disappear? No," he said. Then, he saw that there was an attempt to erase the history of the G30SPKI, then the emergence of the Draft Bill on the Ideology of Pancasila, and the concept of blackmailing Pancasila into Ekasila.

"From this accumulation, is it wrong if I think these are ideas that are contrary to Pancasila. Why should they be silenced?" he said.

For this reason, even since serving as the TNI Commander, Gatot has continued to instruct his subordinates to watch the G30SPKI film together. "My goal is to prevent the dark events of 1965 from repeating itself, why is that?," he said.

Paranoid or warning?

Political observer at Al-Azhar University in Indonesia, Ujang Komarudin, said that Gatot's words were a warning. According to him, the narrative that Gatot built was a reminder of the atrocities of the PKI in the past that should not be forgotten.

"Maybe Gatot is reminding the TNI and all of us to be aware of the rise of a new style of PKI. I see it, it's a warning from the former TNI Commander to all of us. Gatot's narration is a reminder to us of the atrocities of the PKI in the past that we must not forget." said Ujang contacted VOI.

Ujang said that no matter what, ideology cannot die. So there will always be someone who resurrects it.

"What is certain is that we must remain vigilant with all possibilities. Including the PKI issue. After all, no ideology really dies," said Ujang.

"So there will always be someone who will resurrect him. We just have to be vigilant," he added.

The Executive Director of the Indonesia Political Review (IPR) Ujang Komarudin also said that even if communism would rise in its new style, it would appear hidden. Because once again the name ideology according to him it will never go out.

"Of course it will play backwards, hidden and in the dark. Because after all that ideology will never go out," he concluded.

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