Jalan Panjang Penetapan PA VIII Up To Official Becoming A National Hero, Keluarga: Terima Kasih Pemerintah

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JAKARTA - Adipati Pakualaman who is also the Governor of Yogyakarta Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Aryo (K.G.AA) Paku Alam X thanked the government for setting the name K.G.PAA Paku Alam (PA) VIII as a National Hero.

"I Paku Alam X represent the extended family of Paku Alam and Kadipaten Pakualaman and the entire DIY community express my gratitude to the government, the proposing team, academics, and all parties involved in the process of proposing Sri Liyam Pakuala VIII as the National Hero of the Republic of Indonesia from DIY," said Paku Alam X at the Kepatihan Complex, Yogyakarta, Friday, November 4.

Paku Alam X hopes that the patriot spirit and nationalism owned by Paku Alam VIII can be an example for the Indonesian nation.

"Hopefully we always have integrity to continue his struggle in filling the nation's independence with useful achievements and works," he said as quoted by Antara.

Head of the DIY Social Service, Endang Patmintarsih, said that Paku Alam VIII deserved the title because he had an important contribution to the struggle for Indonesian independence.

"He was instrumental when the Republic of Indonesia moved to Yogyakarta, then Puro Pakualaman at that time became a place for the Indonesian government office," said Endang.

He admitted that the proposal for the title of National Hero for Paku Alam VIII went through a fairly long process.

According to Endang, the DIY Social Service Agency together with Puro Pakualaman and academics have collected data since 2018 regarding Paku Alam VIII's struggles and services for Indonesian Independence.

After documents that strengthened the struggle of Paku Alam VIII were collected, the DIY Social Service then submitted a proposal for the title of National Hero to the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

"It turns out that there are still less documents in 2018, then in 2019 we will complete them again for proposals again," he said.

Although in 2020 all documents are considered complete and passed in the Dewan Degrees, Services, and Honorary Certificates, decisions related to the title for the King of Paku Alam, said Endang, have not yet come down.

"Then in 2021 we propose that thank God 2022 will go down. So the process is quite long," he said.

Based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 96/TK/Th2022 dated November 3, 2022 concerning the Awarding of the National Hero's Title, the President has agreed to approve the late KGPAA Paku Alam VIII to be awarded the title of National Hero in 2022.

The awarding of the title of National Hero will be carried out by the President of the Republic of Indonesia in the 2022 Hero's Day Commemoration series on November 7, 2022.

Some of the services that were given by the late K.G.PA.A. Paku Alam VIII, among others, together with Sultan Hamengkubowono IX from the Yogyakarta Palace, integrated themselves at the beginning of Indonesia's independence so that the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia is intact to date.