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Bung Karno, Just Stay in Your Long Sleep

Don’t look at future with the blind eyes! The past is useful for Bengal mirror in the future. (Soekarno’s Speech in Independence Day 1996) Soekarno, that’s Indonesia people know him. His real name was Koesna Sosrodihardjo. Born on June, 6, 1901 and died on June, 21, 1970. Soekarno in the eyes of history books which published among elementary school students was a hero. Hero of Independence Day who looked dashing with the text of proclamation. Yet, Soekarno’s dignity was limited to the story of high school history course. Indonesia’s history books, political, and other media in the college began to uncover polemic of Soekarno, during his life in his power. Soekarno was known as the first president of Republic of Indonesia who held governance since 1950 until 1966. Politic in Soekarno period was started by arising of Indonesia Communist Party (PKI) so it can shuffle him along in the condition of immersed. Soekarno in his histor