Jakarta (Antara Bali) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on all
components of the nation to maintain Pancasila (five principles) and
unity through education and improvement of ideological values.
"Therefore, I call on clerics, priests, monks, teachers, educators,
artists, media agency players, governments, military, and police to
jointly maintain Pancasila," Widodo said here on Thursday.
The understanding of Pancasila should be improved. In addition, the
implementation of values contained in the five principles should be
conducted by the community.
The nation can implement Pancasila through religious lectures,
educational materials, news focus, and discussions in social media.
The Head of State explained that the unity of the country would be tested by various challenges.
Intolerant attitudes toward the ideology of Pancasila are
exacerbated by the misuse of social media, circulation of hoax, and hate
speech.
"We must learn from the bad experiences of other countries that are
haunted by radicalism, terrorism, social conflict, and civil war. We can
avoid these problems through the implementation of Pancasila and the
1945 Constitution within the framework of the Unitary State of the
Republic of Indonesia ( NKRI) and Bhineka Tunggal Ika (Diversity in
Unity)," the president remarked.
Jokowi earlier led a ceremony here on Thursday to commemorate the
birth of Pancasila at the Pancasila Building of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
Through a presidential decree, Jokowi had in 2016 declared June 1 as
the birth of Pancasila and confirmed that Pancasila Day would be a
national holiday.
He declared Pancasila Day on June 1 as a national holiday to commemorate the birth of the state ideology: Pancasila.
Pancasila was introduced by first president Sukarno prior to Indonesia gaining independence on June 1, 1945.
During a speech at a meeting to prepare for Indonesias independence,
Sukarno, at the time, stated that it took a solid foundation to be a
strong independent nation, which he named Pancasila.
Jokowi, who acted as the ceremonial inspector to commemorate
Pancasila Day on June 1, 2017, was accompanied by Vice President Jusuf
Kalla.
At the ceremony, Peoples Consultative Assembly Chairman Zulkifli
Hasan read out the text of Pancasila, while Law and Human Rights
Minister Yassona H. Laoly read out the Presidential Decree No.24/2016 on
the confirmation of June 1 as a national holiday.
House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto thereafter read out
the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution after which Religious Affairs
Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin led a prayer at the end of the ceremony.
Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo, Minister/State Secretary
Pratikno, Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy, Coordinating
Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani, Regional
Representative Council Chairman Oesman Sapta Odang, Constitutional Court
Chairman Arief Hidayat, and Bank Indonesia Governor Agus Martowardojo,
among others, were present at the ceremony.(*)
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