Sefek Suharto: Desa Kemusuk Diaspal Sampai Bank Parit

The Suharto statue at the Suharto Museum in Kemusuk Village, Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta. (helplpedia.bantulkab.go.id)

JAKARTA - Kemusuk Village has an important meaning for Suharto. He was born and raised in the village of the outskirts of Yogyakarta. All kinds of activities typical of farmers' children often color their days. From playing in the fields to grazing buffalo.

For him, living in Kemusuk is full of blessings. His ups and downs. He understands the problem of ups and downs of agricultural problems. Later, when he becomes the number one person in Indonesia, Suharto is reliable in agriculture. Kemusuk Village is also privileged after that. The road is paved to the edge of the ditch.

Suharto was often proud of his status as a farmer's son. He really enjoyed his childhood experience in Kemusuk. Playing in the fields became his favorite. This habit is sustainable because Suharto's family works in the fields every day.

Even the rice fields became Suharto's expression space. He did all kinds of activities. Among other things, playing mud, grazing buffalo, and cutting banana trees. Suharto did everything with pleasure. Even if Suharto was hungry, he never had a headache. Suharto rushed to find his own food. Looking for clothes is the main thing.

Suharto was not a naughty boy. His behavior was straight. He submerged a lot by going to school and studying. However, that doesn't mean Suharto has never fought. Suharto's only fight was when he and his friends played guns.

At first he got into the game, then the fight was inevitable. He and his opponent actually cried. The rest, his sensitivity to living in Kemusuk was honed. He saw how difficult it was for farmers to live. From the problems of life and problems related to agriculture. This provision made Suharto in the future reliable in agricultural affairs.

In that sense, my life background in Kemusuk grew saturated while I lived in Wuryantoro. Experience in Kemusuk in the midst of the farmers, in the 1920s which was difficult, instilled in me the seeds of sympathy for farmers. These seeds are fostered not only by my continued relationship with the lives of farmers, but also by the knowledge and experience I gained in agriculture.

Under the guidance of Mr. Mantri farmer Prawirowihardjo, I often accompany my uncle in his visits to various places. And Mr. Prawirowihardjo not only gave me theoretical knowledge in agriculture, but also through practice. In the three pilot gardens that I remember, which Mr. Prawirowihardjo occupied, namely those in the villages of Ngungking, Kenongo, and Tangkil, I was given the opportunity to gather the land that became my love, "said Suharto as written by G. Dwipayana and Ramadhan KH in Suharto's book: My Mind, Words, and Actions (1989).

Life experience in Kemusuk is not in vain. Development in the agricultural sector is one of the important targets when serving as the number one person in Indonesia. He fixes all upstream and downstream agriculture sectors. Various supporting policies and facilities were also prepared.

Among other things, the construction of reservoirs, irrigation, fertilizer factories, and human resource development. The strategy was successful. Indonesia is one of the largest rice importers in the world. Suharto's era self-sufficiency success was recognized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. They gave Suharto a gold medal for that in 1986.

This success did not make Suharto like a peanut forgets his skin. He did not forget land. The government treats Kemusuk Village with specialties. While other villages did not get that. The owner of the power makes Kemusuk Village stand out from other villages. the original is always guarded.

The road to and from Kemusuk Village is totally paved. In fact, the asphalt is submerged to the edge of the ditch. The treatment looks different from other villages which tend not to have a lot of good asphalt.

At that time, there was no village that could match the privilege of visiting. All of this was predicted as a form of Suharto's gratitude to Kemusuk Village.

If you have visited Kemusuk Village on the outskirts of Jogja City, you may be impressed with the beauty, cleanliness and different villages. Don't go far. Just look at the ditch that sticks along the small road, which is close to a stretch of beautiful green rice fields. The asphalt is immersed into the edge of the ditch. Maybe this village does get special treatment rather than other villages.

"Of course, because this village is a village that was born in Suharto on June 8, 1921. In accordance with this upload, primbong noted that there are very prominent traits such as authority and personality that are very influential, and cannot be ruled out. In addition, another property that also stands out is the strong passion, the spirit of leadership and has great ambitions. Suharto is also categorized as a sensitive person, easily offended by his feelings, firm, and arrogant," said Femi Adi Soempeno in the book They betrayed me (2008).