Remembering Gusdur, Support National Hero Indonesia
Mengerti apa yang terlintas dalam jiwa (Understand what comes to the soul), Rakyat Indonesia (The people of Indonesia) ..., Hujan air mata dari pelosok negeri (The rain of tears over the country), Saat melepas engkau pergi… (When taking off you go) ...Berjuta kepala tertunduk haru (Millions head bowed haru). (Iwan Fals-Bung Hatta song)
Iwan Fals song was addressed to leaders in our proclaimer Bung Hatta (first vice-president of Indonesia) when he left the world forever and forever. When I heard this song my heart trembled, a very 'fit' once with a teacher who left our nation, Abdurahman Wahid (Gus Dur). Gus Dur as Hatta, he spent most of his age for the nation. The figure of the honest, simple and close to the people. Although sometimes his thinking is different to the current controversy and great thoughts but to defend justice, and freedom berbendapat keberbedaan understand and do not like violence in the cause he still loved by both opponents and friends.
It reminds me of my friend's first comment "Gus Dur was like a guardian, his thoughts far beyond the time horizon so that people will often shake their heads, because they do not understand that in doing Gus Dur, and later proved right '.
A charismatic religious scholars as grandson of the founder of the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and has served three periods as well as chairman of this organisation. The first president who was chosen in a democratic way after the fall of Soeharto and so many of his services, especially in terms of spreading democratization, pluralization and freedom of expression. it is no wonder when he published on died, most of the people of Indonesia in mourning. Thousands of people came for, perhaps the only time many people who feel lost, after Soekarno and Hatta first.
Hopefully the leaders of this country could give him something appropriate to the title of National Hero.
(Remembering one year of death Abdurahman Wahid)
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