Responding a statement by of the Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) and concurrently the presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi, who did not question the proposal to name former president Suharto a national hero, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid, said:
"The statement by Mensesneg Prasetyo Hadi is a-historical and is insensitive to the feelings of the victims of gross human rights violations that occurred during the New Order.