5 Soeharto's Sins to Soekarno.

It begins with the transfer of power from President Soekarno to President Soeharto,
accompanied by the death of hundreds of thousands of people. Some people call the transfer of
power a "crawl" coup.

Gradually, Soeharto began to defuse the power of Soekarno. Departing from the letter 11
March 1966, Soeharto began to move quickly. The next day, he dissolved the Indonesian
Communist Party and was supported by the MPRS. The PKI was declared as a forbidden party.

So Soeharto began to arrest Dwikora Cabinet members who were allegedly involved in the
PKI. 16 ministers were arrested even though it was unclear what their role was in the September
30 movement. At that time, Soeharto moved and he is supported by anti-PKI students and
people. The climax, March 7 1967 MPRS convened to revoke the mandate of President Soekarno
then inaugurated Soeharto as President. The process of taking over inter-regime power is
common. But what was painful, Soeharto then treated Sukarno as a prisoner. It feels unfair that a
great proclamator is treated like that.

These are Soeharto's sins to Soekarno:

Making Soekarno as a house arrest

Soeharto detained Soekarno at Wisma Yasoo, Jl Gatot Soebroto, Jakarta, this

house was once the residence of one of Soekarno's wives, Ratna Sari Dewi. In that
prisoner, Soeharto forbade Soekarno from meeting guests. He was exiled from the
outside world. Later the New Order government also prohibited Sukarno from reading
newspapers, listening to the radio and watching television. As a result of this exile,
Soekarno began to senile. A number of witnesses said Soekarno often spoke to himself.
He later became ill and finally died.

Reject the location of Soekarno's grave

Soekarno once told him to be buried in the Batu Tulis Bogor area. in the middle of
a stretch of rice fields, mountains and gurgling river water. But Soeharto felt it was too
dangerous if Soekarno's grave was too close to Jakarta. He moved the burial site to
 Blitar, East Java. Soeharto's reason was that Soekarno was very close to his mother in
Blitar. The protests of a number of Soekarno's families were not heard by Soeharto.
Apparently the New Order was still worried about the charisma of the great leader of
this revolution.

Let Soekarno's illness

During his time as a political prisoner, Soekarno's condition worsened. He has

kidney disease and rheumatism. The New Order government never treated Soekarno as
a former great leader. They treated Soekarno like a political criminal opposite the
authorities. In 1969, when Soekarno attended Rachmawati's wedding, that was the first
time he could get out of house arrest. Soekarno's attended with strict escort. At that
time almost all the audience cried seeing Soekarno who looked weak, his face was
swollen and his condition was very decreased.

Finish the Sukarnois

The New Order saw Soekarnois or admirers of Bung Karno's doctrine as

dangerous as the Indonesian Communist Party. So at the time of the murder, the
executioners often did not care whether their targets were Soekarnois or communists. If
wanting to against Soeharto, there were still a lot of supporters of Soekarno, so was
Soekarno's loyalist. At least, there were air force, KKO (now marines), Siliwangi
Division and Brawijaya who were loyal to him. But Soekarno chose to yield, even
though he was treated like a prisoner. He did not want any more wars in Indonesia.

Keep Soekarno away from people nearby

Soeharto banned everyone from visiting Soekarno, including close family. There was Soekarno's
favorite bodyguard who was finally imprisoned by Soeharto. AKBP Mangil Martowidjojo was
probably the police officer most loved by Soekarno. This police officer was the Commander of
the Bung Karno Private Guard Detachment (DKP). Mangil accompanied Soekarno from the
moment of the proclamation, moved to Yogyakarta to protect Soekarno from grenade threats and
shootings. In 1967, Mangil didn’t let the Soekarno’s convoy be intercepted by RPKAD soldiers.
He clashed with RPKAD officers, while his men cocked weapons to protect Soekarno. After the
incident, Soeharto then dissolved the DKP. Mangil was forced to leave Soekarno.