Jakarta (Antara Bali) - President elect Joko Widodo on Wednesday attended the ceremony commemorating the "sanctity" of Pancasila, the state ideology, led for the last time by outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Yudhoyono is to step down on Oct 20 after ruling the country for 10 years.
Pancasila sanctity day is commemorated every year on the day when the Indonesian Communist Party launched revolt, but failed in 1965 killing a number of generals.
The commemoration is held in Lubang Buaya in Jakarta city's outskirt where the general were buried by the communist rebels.
The ceremony was also attended by other Indonesian leaders inclduing Vice President Boediono and chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPD)Irman Gusman.
Irman Gusman read the five principles of the state ideology, and Sidarto Danusubroto, the speaker of the People Consultative Assembly (MPR), read out the preamble of the 1945 State Constitution. (WDY)
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