KNews.id- The book entitled ‘The Coup of 1 October 1965: A Study of Conspiracies’ by Fictor M Fic mentions that Sukarno ordered Untung to kill the Generals: Merdeka Palace, 4 August (p. 104).As for the contents:After the President’s first order to Untung to prepare to kill the disloyal generals, which he witnessed by Brigadier General Sunarjo on August 4, the President continued his intention of giving the army the top command with great tenacity.
On September 15 at around 08.00 at the Merdeka palace, he ordered Brigadier General Sunarjo to take action against the Generals…According to political writer Ahmad Khozinudin, the book by Fictor M Fic provides a new perspective on the rebellion movement carried out by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), as follows:First, the rebellion carried out in the G30S/PKI was not purely a PKI initiative, but at the direct order and approval of President Soekarno as the Supreme Commander of the Army who was Lieutenant Colonel Untung’s superior, to carry out the execution of the generals.
“Secondly, the reason is that there are a number of general councils that are not in line with or disobedient to Soekarno, which they fear will delegitimize Soekarno or even carry out a coup against Sukarno,” he said.Third, said Khozinudin, Sukarno’s concern over the potential for a “coup of the generals” could be Sukarno’s judgment or the PKI’s efforts to explain and convince Sukarno as President as well as PNI leader and Nasakom political originator. The thought of the execution of the generals in the G30S/PKI incident was at the behest of Sukarno, indeed a new and astonishing thing.
Therefore, all historians need to further examine the writings of Fictor M Fic.“I feel like I have to have another intense discussion with Prof. Aminuddin Kasdi, Professor of History at UNESA in Surabaya. It seems that the discourse on the PKI rebellion is becoming more and more interesting as a scientific topic for discussion,” he concluded. (AHM/SN)
