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In this country, there are too many smart people, but too few who are honest. We often get fooled by the arrogant orator, but forget that history is also written by those who are silent. His name is Muhammad Hatta, a person who never shouted but his voice echoed from the colonial hall to the proclamation table. He used to be a representative of the president, but he was more known for rejecting the opposition. Rather than enjoying power,
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In a time when everything could be bought. Bung Hatta is still a rare item. An honest person who can't be bought. This is the story. Born in Bukit Tinggi. On August 12, 1902, Muhammad Hatta grew up not from a family of strangers. His mother is an entrepreneur, his father is a religious figure. But since he was little, Hatta has been different. Calm, likes to read. And his thoughts are too deep for an ageing child.
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While his friend was playing, he was busy reading the Dutch newspaper. The other one bought toys, he bought books for the economy. The villagers said, "That's a child." His brain is full of letters. No wonder, because from this land of Minang, will be born a great thinker who will fight the colonial not with weapons, but with ideas.
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In 1921, Hatta emigrated to the Netherlands. He wanted to study economics, but he became a motorbike for Indonesian students. In the Indonesian constitution, he wrote a sharp, firm, and anti-compromise article. Hatta in the Netherlands not only learned theory, he also learned resistance. His writings in the Indonesian magazine Merdeka made the Netherlands hot and cold. Until he was arrested and tried. But he even used the court to honor the judge about colonialism.
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The judge was confused. Hatta, free. A campus activist whose brain cannot be censored. This is Mrs. Hatta, the traitor, back from the Netherlands. Hatta was immediately arrested, thrown into the Bovandi Goyel, then moved to Banda Neira. But don't get me wrong, in that quiet place, he was the one who had his mind set on. He believed that independence was not just a matter of weapons, but a matter of morality.
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In 1945, when Japan was beginning to fall, Bung Karno invited Hatta to organize a proclamation. And on August 17, history changed. We Indonesians declared independence. Two handouts,
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Two big souls, but different vision. After the proclamation, Hatta became the president's representative. But the office didn't make him confused. He didn't look for a job, didn't play with projects. Even when his wife asked for a sewing machine, he answered, "The president's salary is not enough." His political friends, many of them have played two feet, but Hatta remains one path. Honestly, the problem is he lives in a time that is getting more and more intricate.
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And when Soekarno started to direct the country to an authoritarian system, Hata was back. I couldn't work with a system that I didn't believe in. After not being an official, Hata's life was very simple. There was no luxury house, no luxury car, even he wanted to buy shoes, but it didn't work because it felt expensive. Hata is not just a politician. He is a symbol of integrity in a world that is getting smoother, he still walks straight.
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No wonder, young people nowadays who are obsessed with corruption started to say, "We need more Bung Hatta." Bung Hatta died in 1980, but what he inherited was not power, not a political dynasty, not a company, but integrity. In a world full of taboos, Bung Hatta's name still shines because of its moral. It can't be bought. And in this nation's history, the name Muhammad Hatta will be remembered.
