History today, eight years ago, April 8, 2018, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs (Maritime Minister), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, was annoyed by the emergence of false news (hoaks) President Jokowi from the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). He asked the people not to be fooled by false information.

Previously, the issue of Jokowi being part of the PKI had been rolling for a long time. The accusation came up as many PKI attributes were sold freely. As a result, the accusation against Jokowi, an important part of the PKI revival, spread everywhere.

No one doubts the existence of Soeharto and the New Order (Orba) in fighting the PKI. The owner of the power considers the PKI to be the mastermind of the bloody tragedy of the 30 September Movement (G30S) in 1965. As a result, the existence of the PKI must not continue.

The government immediately shut down the PKI's room for maneuver. The party itself was disbanded. The understanding was banned. Its members and sympathizers were hunted down and killed. The PKI's bad propaganda even appeared in a film produced by the government.

The impact is huge. The PKI is unable to rise. However, the PKI issue is no longer crowded when Soeharto and Orba are dismissed. The potential for the PKI to rise again is no longer heard. However, everything changed when Jokowi became the leader of Indonesia.

Bawaslu officers in Glagah, Banyuwangi, East Java, show Tabloid Indonesia Barokah which contains an article containing slander that Jokowi was involved in the PKI, Friday (25/1/2019). (ANTARA East Java/Budi Candra Setya)

The Jokowi government was then often associated with the momentum of the PKI revival. The narrative was not conveyed by anyone casually. The issue was actually brought by the former Chief of Staff of the Strategic Reserve Command of the Army (Kostrad), Major General (Ret.) Kivlan Zen.

The indication of the revival of the PKI is believed to have emerged because the attributes of the PKI are widely sold and used. Later, Jokowi and PDIP were actually considered part of the PKI. The accusation was initially not addressed. However, later the issue began to bother.

Jokowi also spoke up. He denied the accusation. Jokowi revealed that the accusation was absurd. Jokowi was still a child when the PKI existed. That is, he did not appear as a part or sympathizer of the PKI.

"PKI was dissolved in 1965, I was born in 1961. That means I'm only 3-4 years old. There was a PKI baby. There were people who believed. Try to be logical that it doesn't fit? There are still people who believe. This country is a big country, don't because of small things like that people are pitted against each other. That's sometimes the evil of politics there," said Jokowi as quoted by the lamantempo.co, March 6, 2018.

Instead of only Jokowi who was upset with the issue of Jokowi PKI, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan was also unable to hold back his irritation. The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs considered those who raised the issue of Jokowi PKI strange on April 8, 2018.

Jokowi was still a child when the PKI existed. He also understands that Jokowi is also uncomfortable with the same issue. Luhut also asked all Indonesian people not to quickly believe in issues that are not clear about the truth.

Luhut also emphasized that the people should not be fooled by the Jokowi PKI issue. Moreover, quickly believe in the engineering of the photo of the PKI leader DN Aidit as if it were with young Jokowi.

"Yes, it is strange. I agree that President Jokowi is a little annoyed, it is true that I think he is also a human being. The PKI is strange again, he was only 3 years old when the event occurred (1965). So I think the people, well if this is what I can say to the people, don't be fooled by the wrong information, I dare to say it," said Luhut as quoted by the Kumparan page, April 8, 2018.


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