Jakarta, July 3 -- Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR), Puan Maharani, has urged the Ministry of Culture to ensure that no historical facts are omitted or distorted in the ongoing national history rewriting project.

"We must respect and acknowledge that writing history should be done as clearly and transparently as possible, without disadvantaging any party or erasing their historical footprint," she said at the Parliamentary Complex in Jakarta on Thursday.

Her remarks came in response to Culture Minister Fadli Zon's decision to continue the history revision initiative, despite calls from several lawmakers to postpone or halt the project.

"Let's see how it will go," Maharani added.

She emphasized that all historical ...