Pasundan province not bad at all

Pasundan province not bad at all

From Pikiran Rakyat

After reading an article in Pikiran Rakyat entitled The
support for the name change of West Java province written by H.
Enday Hidayat in the May 20, 2001 issue, I would like to express
my views and suggestions as follows:

First: West Java province should have been called Pasundan
province or Sunsam province ever since the inception of the
unitary Republic of Indonesia as an independent and sovereign
country with its symbol of "Bhineka Tunggal Ika" (Unity in
Diversity) pursuant to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of
Indonesia.

Second: to name a district of the unitary Republic of
Indonesia after a certain tribe or ethnic group or even clan is
not something negative at all. Isn't that in line with the will
of the Creator, who has created human beings as man and woman,
different nations and tribes, to then get acquainted with one
another.

Third: with due consideration, to translate the aspirations
and popular rights of a sovereign people into reality after first
allowing the concept to mature.

PROF. DJAILANI SIHOTANG

Jakarta