Sorry For Bung Karno And His Family, Hasto Asked The Government To Reflect On Gus Dur's Attitude On 1965 Victims

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto (Photo: DOK PDIP/VOI)

Secretary General of the DPP PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto said that the voice about the truth of the proclaimer Soekarno and his family who were turned over by the New Order government should be listened to by the government. In fact, Hasto emphasized, the government had to respond through an apology. This was conveyed by Hasto in response to reporters' questions regarding President Joko Widodo's statement that Soekarno was not a traitor to the nation. Hasto then mentioned what the Third President Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur did. For the events of 1964, he realized that he was completely inseparable from the constellation of cold war at that time. President Gus Dur then apologized to the families of the 1965 victims. “We know how the treatment of the government was very authoritarian at that time towards Bung Karno and also his family. Until for example, Megawati Soekarnoputri for school alone, she could not continue her studies because of political aspects,” "Well, of course, the government should also respond to what is interpreted as the sound of truth," said Hasto in an electronic message received in Jakarta, Thursday, November 10. Hasto answered this while accompanying international academics who visited Bung Karno's grave, in Blitar City, Thursday, coinciding with Heroes' Day. They are participants of the 1955 Asian-African Conference (KAA) titled Bandung-Belgrade-Havana in Global History and Perspective. Hasto said, this proves that the international community only accepts Soekarno's facts. “ The world accepts Bung Karno. Even at the Asian-African Islamic Conference, Bung Karno also received the title as a warrior of freedom and a hero of the independence of the Islamic nation. Then at home there are still various interventions in certain political interests. And history has finally proven its truth, history cannot be dammed by various suppression of tyranny, "said Hasto. So for his party, Hasto continued, what President Jokowi said was the right thing. Jokowi revealed that Bung Karno is a national proclaimer and hero whose services are very great for Indonesia and also for the world "And we will see how it is proven as being the motto of Bung Karno and Mrs. Mega, satyam eva Jayate, that in the end the true truth will guide us, who will win," he said. It is known, the Government affirms the history and title of the national hero of the Proclaimer of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. Soekarno or Bung Karno. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that Bung Karno had never betrayed the nation and had met the requirements for awarding the title of heroism. "In 1986 the government has conferred the hero of the proclaimer to Ir. Soekarno, and in 2012 the government has conferred the title of national hero to the late Ir. Soekarno. That is, Ir. Soekarno has been declared loyal and does not betray the nation and state which are a condition for awarding the title of heroism," said President Jokowi in his statement regarding Heroes' Day 2022 at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, last Monday.