There are mixed feeling in the air. Some people mourn, some people are still angry, some people don’t care about Soeharto’s death. It is a bit tragic, imo, Indonesia’s longest running president died without a unanimous respect by the country. His late wife, Ibu Tien, was having a far more greater respect by the whole country when she died years ago.
Let’s gather some facts here:
Good stuff
He has developed our country, the economy was stable, and oil price was subsidized. Many people could enjoy a peaceful atmosphere, army could be dropped in any riots quickly. Not many groups are dare to create demos, therefore traffic was better.
Bad stuff
There was some blurriness in the history. Supersemar is one of it. Supergareng is another. Superpetruk was not settled. The yuckiest unnecessary yet unexplained riot in Jakarta history, the May 1998 tragedy, is still left without answer.
There was also petrus, penembak misterius. If you talk bad things about the government and Soeharto’s regime (like what I am doing now), you would end up floating dead in one of the dirty river.
More bad stuff
He corrupts, the family corrupts, the whole circle of friends corrupt too. (Yes, this is only my claim observing from far far away planet) Peace was fake, more because of fear. No liberty at many areas: press and freedom of speech most affected.
Extra more bad stuff
I didn’t get any piece of the cake. Fyi, I think he is the richest man (family) on earth.
Who wouldn’t want to have money, right?
There could be more good and/or bad stuff that I missed. I write this in a flash, honestly just out of annoyance about the fact that he is going to be titled as a national hero.
Sudahlah, biarkan dia beristirahat dengan tenang.. ^^ Keburukan yang dilakukan mrpkn kekhilafan seorang manusia..
I think he’s a villain ! nuff said !
ya he’s dead…jgn pusingin lg lha…why wud u blame a dead man…n besides his regime was the longest wun n without him there wont be sky scrapper buildings n jalan toll
oh ya ampir lupa…wen he was a president..he borrowed money to open more lapangan pekerjaan for the pooor, in fact his son Tommy Soeharto used his dad’s power to corrupt, and in the end si Tommy kena perdata kn coz of the kasus…
most of the angkatan darat tangan mereka berdarah…they were born to kill..including soeharto..he used to kill chinese back then in 1940’s – 1960’s (not sure) hua hua hua….but still dia berjasa bgd bwat indonesia…^^..
kita semua harus angkat topi..hormatin dia..bukan mencela..
therefore he’s a hero
Hmm.. Jalan tol is because of Ali Sadikin, he was the Governor of Jakarta. Let’s look at outside jakarta, not many tol roads, eh?
Ya memang he passed away, nonetheless the problems are still unsolved. Yet, he is to be made a hero? ckckck…
get over it lha..once a person is dead wat more u cn do?curse at him?useless.he wont be getting up from his grave and pay back all he did..rite?forgive him lha…he’s a human…human makes mistakes..
besides Ali Sadikin kn jg jaya pas regimenya Suharto…jd dgn kata lain he’s being controlled by suharto secara tdk langsung…(rahasia umum i think.)