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MPR reaffirms nullification of 1967 decree against Sukarno
MPR Speaker Bambang Soesatyo denounced the decree on Monday, stating that the assembly sought to resolve any lingering “psychological and political” damage to those linked to the former president.
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A statue of Indonesia's first president Sukarno stands in front of the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta on Aug. 16, 2024. (AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)
The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) has granted the wish of the family of the late founding father Sukarno, by confirming that an old decree stripping him of authority in the aftermath of an alleged coup attempt is now void.
MPR Speaker Bambang Soesatyo denounced the decree on Monday, stating that the assembly sought to resolve any lingering “psychological and political” damage to those linked to the former president.
Bambang stated that the accusations were never legally proven and conflicted with Indonesia’s legal principles.
He emphasized that this move restores Sukarno’s legacy and should be widely communicated to the public.
The 1967 decree by the then-Temporary People’s Consultative Assembly (MPRS) revoked Sukarno’s authority to govern over allegations of protecting figures from the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in the aftermath of the 1965 coup attempt, blamed at the time on the PKI, and which later sparked a bloody communist purge.
