17 August 2007

Thank you for the more than 1000 who have agreed to see my "Eye on Asia"

Today is the INDEPENDENCE DAY IN INDONESIA

Indonesia has a particular situation among the ex-colonized countries. For what I know, it is the only one country who cebrated its independence at a date that is not the one of the Independence granted by the colonial puissance.
Two days after the Japananese capitulation who occupied Indonesia, Sukarno unitarely proclamed, on 17th August 1945, the Republic of Indonesia and himsef as the president. But the Dutchs wanted to recover their colony ang fighted for that.

In fact, it is only, under the strong pressure of the United State, that on 2 november 1949 was signed the accord for Independence and that on 27 december that the queen Juliana officialy transfered the sovereinty to the United States of Indonesia.