Former Indonesian President died

Soeharto, former Indonesian President and known dictactor who ruled the country for 32 years died today at the age of 86. He was taken to hospital due to multiple organ failure 24 days ago and had been living with help of life-support machines.

Current Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, called for a week mourning to pay respect to the services he did to the country.

Soeharto was known as father figure who helped the country to develop its economy. He was asked to resign from his power in 1998 when the economic crisis hit the region and Indonesia suffered the worse impact of it. He was also held responsible for many corruption acts and political misconducts.

His corruption cases are still on trial in Indonesian court of justice.

I am not quite sure how the Indonesian people feel about him at the moment. Whether or not they think of him as a hero of the nation or otherwise.

I found an interesting pooling in CNN today about how will former Indonesian president Suharto be remember and the result is quite interesting.

Visiniorary architect of modern Indonesia 9% (82 votes)

Brutal & corrupt dictactor 55% (493 votes)

Both 31% (280 votes)

Neither 5% (44 votes)

Total voters = 899

I hope, disregard on how the people feel about him, the country's current political & economical stability will not be affected by it.

Detailed story can be read here

*Photo taken from CNN.