What makes a leader is called a leader?
Indonesia had lots of brave leaders in the past 55 years. Some became president, while some remained hidden under the surface of politics' shadow. Some behaved truthful while some stayed in a safe region.
The first breakthrough came from Ir. Soekarno and Moh. Hatta as the representatives of Bangsa Indonesia. They held the country for the first time and managed to get Indonesia into it's freedom. People cheered, and the excitement of freedom aroused all over the country, feeling free for the first time, after hundreds of years. The spirit to build Indonesia into a great country, to have the right to live well, to be human, and happy...
Well, it was. The freedom might have lead Bangsa Indonesia into a selfish moral. More people started to live as they want as long as they can live in wealth and power. Yes, wealth and power. This behavior can be seen from the tricky and gruesome politics which was held by those people in power. What were they after? Wealth and power.
The first man that I adore and I worship, Abdurrahman Wahid a.k.a Gus Dur, put such great changes for Bangsa Indonesia. Every odd policy was replaced or erased. New wise policies were added. He opened the layer that had been hidden for years; the layer that made Bangsa Indonesia living in blindness; the layer that degenerated Bangsa Indonesia for years... Shame, those people in power took him down through the people.
Will Indonesia stay like this forever? Living in a life, full of lie, trick, and bad politics?
Will Indonesia move on a next stage of its freedom?
It's all depend on us, Bangsa Indonesia. Whether we want to make this country great, or using this country only as the field of gold. Really, it's all depend on us.
