JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto promised labor figures to become national heroes, including Marsinah.
This statement was conveyed during a speech at the commemoration of International Labor Day or May Day in the Monas area, Central Jakarta, Thursday, May 1. Initially, Prabowo admitted that he received questions about the absence of national heroes from labor groups.
"Brothers, at the suggestion of community leaders, labor leaders, they told me, 'why, national heroes don't exist from the workers'," Prabowo said in his remarks in front of thousands of workers who took part in the action.
Hearing this question, Prabowo admitted that he had asked for a proposal from the leader of the labor group. "I asked if there was any suggestion," he recounted the moment.
"Try to beat and propose heroes from the workers," he continued.
The former Indonesian Minister of Defense then answered that the leaders of the labor group he invited to discuss had given their names. "What about Marsinah? Marsinah is a national hero," he said.
Receiving this answer, Prabowo admitted to handing it over to the labor group. If everyone agrees, he will not hesitate to provide support.
"I will support Marsinah to become a national hero," he said, which was then greeted by applause from the mass of workers.
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For information, Marsinah was an activist and factory laborer in the New Order era. He was kidnapped and later found dead on May 8, 1993 after missing for three days.
His body was found in a forest in the Wilangan area, Nganjuk, East Java and found signs of torture.
Marsinah then received the Yap Thiam Hien human rights award posthumously in 1993. His life stories are also often raised in various literary works and acting.
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