JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Kaesang Pangarep made a pilgrimage and sowed flowers at the grave of the proclaimer and first President of the Republic of Indonesia Soekarno or Bung Karno in Blitar City, East Java.
"Today we visited the grave ofBung Karno, our proclaimer in Blitar City. This series is one of them to pray for the predecessors, the former presidents who have preceded us," said Kaesang as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, August 23.
During the pilgrimage, Kaesang also prayed for Bung Karno to get the best place in the side of God Almighty.
"I hope from our prayers, Bung Karno gets the best place from Allah SWT," he said.
The son of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, said that he idolizes the figure of Bung Karno who started his political career from a young age. This is also in line with PSI, which has many young politicians.
"He used to be politics for the first time at a young age too. He wants whatever, is one of the figures I idolize but indeed I am not lucky, I have not been able to meet him in person," he said.
Kaesang started a series of pilgrimages to the graves of the Indonesian presidents by visiting the grave of the 3rd President of Indonesia Baharuddin Jusuf Habibie at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery (TMP), South Jakarta, on Friday (22/8) morning.
In addition to Habibie's grave, at TMP Kalibata Kaesang also made a pilgrimage and held a flower sowing at the food of former MPR Chair Taufik Kiemas and Christian Herrawati or better known as Ani Yudhoyono.
Then the First Prime Minister of the Republic of Indonesia, Sutan Sjahrir, and the 3rd Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia who are also founders of the ANTARA National News Agency (LKBN), Adam Malik, as well as a number of other national heroes.
Still on the same day, Kaesang then headed to East Java to make a pilgrimage to the grave of the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid or who is familiarly called Gus Dur who is located in the Tebu Ireng Islamic Boarding School, Jombang Regency, East Java, on Friday afternoon.
After a pilgrimage to Bung Karno's grave, Kaesang will end his pilgrimage series by visiting the grave of the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia Suharto in Astana Giri Bangun, Karanganyar, Central Java.
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