Bung Karno Attended The PKI's Birthday At The GBK Main Stadium

President Soekarno and Chairman of the CC of the Indonesian Communist Party D.N Aidit on the anniversary of the PKI at the GBK Main Stadium. (Perpusnas)

JAKARTA - Soekarno and Dipa Nusantara (DN) Aidit were once in one office. Both are members of the People's Center for Energy (Putara) organization. Instead of having good relations, the two are described as often at odds.

However, everything changed when Indonesia became independent. Soekarno and Aidit became good friends. Soekarno supports Aidit and the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) a lot. This closeness was seen when Soekarno came to the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the PKI at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (GBK).

Japanese colonizers have tried to embrace the bumiputras. They also prepared the forum. Putera, his name. The organization that was founded on April 16, 1943 was created to support the Japanese government. Putera was also led by figures of the host nation. Soekarno, Mohammad Hatta, Ki Hajar Dewantara, and Kiai Haji Mas Mansyur.

National figures also took full advantage of Putera to enforce Indonesia's narrative of independence. Many of the youth of the Indonesian independence fighters were invited to join Putera. Dipa Nusantara Aidit, one of them.

Aidit's presence is considered capable of bringing a new color in Putera's movement. Mohammad Hatta was attracted to Aidit's performance and idealism. Vice versa. Aidit was then touted as Bung Hatta's golden child. Aidit actually felt a different treatment when he met Bung Karno. Aidit had no respect for him.

Aidit never stood up to give greetings when Soekarno entered. Bung Karno was furious. He asked directly why Aidit was disrespectful. AIdit answered as needed and Bung Karno was not satisfied. Bung Hatta smelled a potential hostility between Soekarno and Aidit if not separated. He also transferred Aidit to Putera's office in Bandung as a solution.

According to Moh. Hatta's confession, seeing such a situation, Hatta finally decided to move DN Aidit to an office that was a bit far away. If Hatta let DN Aidit be in his original place, it would only be a hassle for him. It seems that Hatta understands the character of his comrades in arms, Soekarno.

Actually, Moh. Hatta's confession has shown that Soekarno and DN Aidit have seeds that do not like each other. However, on its way, the political community then saw Soekarno's relationship with DN Aidit being so intimate. As shown in the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the PKI. Indonesia under Led Democracy is increasingly shifting to the left," said Peter Kasenda in the book Bung Karno Panglima Revolution (2014).

The seeds of mutual dislike between Bung Karno and AIdit, as revealed by Bung Hatta, are in fact uneternal. History proves that the relationship between the two reached the most intimate point in 1965. Soekarno, who served as President of Indonesia, supports the political activities of the party led by AIdit: PKI.

This intimacy was seen in the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the PKI which was held at the GBK Main Stadium on May 23, 1965. Meanwhile, GBK itself is known as the magnificent pulpit that Soekarno founded to gather the masses.

Posters of Soekarno and Aidit's faces are plastered all over the streets of the capital city. Their faces were even juxtaposed with foreign revolutionary figures. From Lenin to Karl Marx. Not to mention, Palu Arit's flag spread a lot in the villages. A PKI signing is partying.

In the stadium, there was no less great fanfare. Hundreds of thousands of PKI sympathizers welcomed the presence of Soekarno and Aidit. Soekarno also gave a speech expressing his admiration for the PKI. The momentum of the two races was met with thunderous applause.

"I, as the Great Leader of the Revolution and the Mandatris MPRS, do embrace the PKI. Because, who can argue that the PKI is a great element in the completion of the Indonesian Revolution? The PKI has become stronger. The PKI now consists of three million people, the People's Youth is three million people, the sympathizers are 20 million people. "

"What's because the PKI can be so big? Because the PKI is in charge of being progressively revolutionary. I said, PKI yo relatives, yes sometimes me, yen died, I had a lack of light," said Sukarno with great enthusiasm as written by Julius Pour in the book Gerakan 30 September: Perpetrator, Hero & Petualang (2010).