By: Verry Firdaus*
Translator: Jeammy Rodjas
Since the viral case of Sultan Hamid II is feasible and unfit as a National Hero, I conclude that it was his closeness to the Netherlands that propped him up as a National Hero.
The hero himself is the origin of the word from PAHALA = POLICY. Then the hero is a person who can provide goodness. Sultan Hamid II clearly gave a lot of goodness through the legacy of the National Symbols and the recognition of Indonesia’s sovereignty through the KMB negotiations (1949).
My next explanation is about the Netherlands. The Dutch basically came to Indonesia for territorial control.
The Netherlands as a human being, of course there are good humans and not good humans. Didn’t our Christian brothers introduce Christian Religion from the Dutch? For them of course the Dutch are rewarded for them. Look in Pontianak, the Sultan gave the land of 1000 which now stands majestically with the Cathedral Church, the Sisters of Education institutions, Brothers and has given birth to many regional heads. Including the Deputy Governor of the Environment Kadir and Governor Sutarmidji. Laurentius Herman Kadir alumni of Brother and SD Sutarmidji alumni of Santo Paulus High School.