When the nation's leaders were actively considering the most appropriate form of modern government, they were also compiling the strategy for defending the new government, they received the spontaneous and total support of the people of Indonesia at the moment of the proclamation of independence. The first few months after the proclamation of independence were hectic time with a large number of meetings, formation of resistance groups, parades, weapons confiscation, nationalist graffiti everywhere, and other manisfestations of the spirit of freedom.
Youth groups sent representatives all across the country 1o spread the news of the spirit of resistance based on Merdeka, or Freedom. and auna of heroism dedicated to combating all forms of It is likely that the spirit of the revolution was motivated by a spontaneous expression of patriotism but the struggle for independence required an organized and syitematic strategy.
Victory would only be possible on the strength of the authority of government in obvious control of the newly independent country didn't sake long for the first authority when the people of Jakarta staged a mass meeting in a field in Central Jakarta which was the kenown as Ikada (Gambir) on September 19, 1945.
Simply ignoring the Japanese occupation forces ban on such meetings, the people of the city flocked in and droves to the field to bare testimony of the authority of the President and the sovereignity of their new nation. Fully aware of the threat posed by the Japanese army, President Soekarno urged the people present at Ikada to return to their homes peacefully.
The people complied, reinforcing the new government's authority. This combination of fervor and the orderliness of the struggle, as well as the government's authority which was achieved without compromise was the reverberating music of the revolution.
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