JAKARTA - PDI-P General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri revealed that PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto had asked for leaks of questions at his doctoral dissertation trial. This request arose because the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia was one of the examiners.
This was told by Megawati during the open session of the Defense University (IDU) doctoral program in Sentul, West Java, today, Monday, June 6.
Even though Hasto is a member of the cadre, Megawati insists that she does not want to provide any leaks or questions as requested. He said it was tantamount to collusion.
"Hasto asked me 'what's the question later?'. Why are you asking? That's called collusion," said Megawati, which was greeted by laughter from all the attendees who were invited to the event.
Not only that, Megawati also asked Hasto not to be nervous about the open exam. This is because discussions about the thoughts of the First President of the Republic of Indonesia Soekarno or Bung Karno are often held.
“Because I am the general chairman of the party, Hasto is the secretary general, so we often have discussions. And of course to young people, I try to convey it from Bung Karno's way of thinking, because we set up a party as a tool for political struggle, of course, it must have a basis," he said.
"I told Hasto 'you have to understand Bung Karno's way of thinking," he added.
Furthermore, he had invited Hasto from the start to pursue further education. Not only that, Megawati also gave her secretary general free time to prepare before holding an open trial.
"So Mr. Hasto, I think this is easy, but I don't know if it's difficult or not. It's a shame he's already getting a lot of gray hair," joked Megawati, making the whole room laugh again.
On that occasion, Megawati had mentioned that there are still many people who are reluctant to respond if they offend Bung Karno. After that, he asked how Soekarno's geopolitical theory could be an alternative solution in the midst of today's world problems.
Answering that, Hasto explained the spirit of togetherness that Bung Karno wanted to encourage through his speech at the United Nations. Many Asian and African nations were colonized at that time, so they had to be able to build solidarity among themselves in order to become independent.
Bung Karno's speech also encouraged the nations of the world to live in peace. However, in the midst of an anarchic international system, the United Nations must be reformed so that the world is free from all forms of colonialism.
"Bung Karno's geopolitical theory is always relevant."
"In Soekarno's geopolitical perspective, foreign policy and defense policy must exist in one unit."
The problem, said Hasto, is that the spirit of Soekarno's geopolitical imagination seems to be fading. So Hasto recommended that the entire construction of Soekarno's geopolitical thought should be the basis of the country's foreign and defense policies.
"So that we are able to use the instrument of national power in Bung Karno's seven variables, by fighting for the interests of Indonesia," said Hasto.
Likewise, with regard to issues in the Middle East, the Korean peninsula and Afghanistan, Indonesia's post-Soekarno activities can be seen waning. Indonesia is more in scope in Asean. "We should be active in defending countries that have been treated unfairly," said Hasto.
He said that in his 'To Buid The World A New' speech, Bung Karno had said that the future of the world cannot be determined by a state with a veto power. More than 190 countries are members of the United Nations, 5 countries with veto power should not be defeated.
"Therefore, Soekarno's geopolitics is very relevant and becomes the basis of our defense and foreign policy," concluded Hasto.
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