Road Blocks
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The proposal to rename Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur as 'Jalan Suharto' can be seen as a mere concept of 'creativity'. Everybody must be reminded that this is an insult to the spirit of Sukarno, who named the road Medan Merdeka, or Freedom Square, as a sign of his loathing of colonialism.
During the Dutch colonial period, it was a large square known as Koningspleinor King's Field. After Indonesia gained her freedom from Dutch colonialism, Sukarno replaced
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