Jakarta, Indonesia - A statue of President Barack Obama as a boy Nestled in a park in Jakarta have been addressed in a Facebook campaign by thousands of people who think it should be deleted.
Facebook group called "Take Down The statue of Barack Obama in Taman Menteng Park has attracted over 10,000 members on Tuesday, when the statue of 43 inches from the 10-year-old Obama was wearing shorts and a T-shirt was unveiled at the Park Center on Thursday last week.
Heru Nugroho, creator of the group, said it would use with this popular site for social networking require that Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo remove the statue.
"Everyone knows that Obama is leading in the world, but it is not our national hero who deserves to be awarded a statue," Nugroho said.
"It has undermined our national pride, because there are many Indonesian figures have rendered service worthy of this nation, but no statue has been built for them," he added.
Many Indonesians are proud of the fact that Obama lived in Jakarta from 1967 to 1971 with his American mother, his Indonesian stepfather and his half-sister.
He went under the name "Barry" attended the local primary school near where his statue stands today, and owner of a monkey.
Ron Mueller Jakarta resident, who had the idea of the statue and raised funds for it, saying it aimed to inspire children in the region to pursue their dreams.
"It's ridiculous. I'm shocked, "Mueller, president of the local Friends of the Foundation apolitical Obama, calls the movement towards political act.
Müller cons failure to a disagreement about whether Obama won the Nobel Prize for peace. Obama has accepted the award in Oslo on the same day that his statue was unveiled by Mayor Sylviana Murni Jakarta.
Murni excluded moving the statue, says it has been entered correctly approvals and without political motive.
"Everyone in this country can express their opinions freely and to give prizes like statues at all freely," Murni said. The governor was overseas on a business trip and was unavailable Tuesday.
The cost of the statue more than $ 10,000. The money was given by eight Indonesian clients, a TV station and a charity relief.
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