May 18, 2009

The King of Batak was cried then ...



This is about "tragedy" regarding strong willingness to create another province in North Sumatra, called with Province Tapanuli. Actually, the idea of making Tapanuli as province was initiated since years ago when President Soeharto hold the power and role everything in one hand. Even before the new provinces and districts born in recent years. I still remember last time (when i was young ...) there is a popular song within certain Batak community with the title Tangis ni Tapanuli (The Crying of Tapanuli) talking about strong willingness to making happened Tapanuli as province, splitted out of North Sumatra province.


The problem happened because some of districts that planned to join into Tapanuli province, recently change the idea recently. They decided to join with other provinces, either still in North Sumatra province or creating the new one instead of Tapanuli province.


The supporter was not patient, and doing anarchy action in the middle of speakers meeting. The bad story then the head of speaker - Mr. Azis Angkat - died because of heart attacking. Until this time, the suspected persons are under processing of police and attorney accordingly. And the current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decided to postpone any plan to creating new districts as well as province until further notice.


One question: during this wave, where is the HKBP position?

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