Soekarno and Communism

Although the author is unknown, I assume that this text was written by someone who was against communism. The author wants readers to know that the image of Soekarno is not always what we have imagined. This text seems to want to reveal to people that Soekarno was someone who was "two-faced". Because there is a saying that history is always written by the winner, only the good history is popular among the public. There is some dark history that is deliberately hidden and the author wants people to be aware of it. History cannot be seen from just one perspective, but must be seen from many.

All the questions asked to Soekarno in the interview indirectly asked him whether he was pro or contra communism. The answer Soekarno gave was neutral. He is not a communist, but if you read more carefully, it seems that he did have a slight leaning towards communism. 

The writer of this article disagree with Bung Karno's view on communism in Indonesia because in my opinion, Indonesia is a country in the neutral camp that should not favor the liberal camp or the communist camp during the cold war at that time. It is not appropriate for Indonesia to declare its partiality to one of the camps even in the slightest form, because it is not in accordance with the practice of Pancasila and the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution which is the ideological, moral and legal basis of this state system.