Pancasila is the final and only state ideology of Indonesia: SBY

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 06/01/2011

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says the Pancasila is and will always be the only state ideology of the Republic of Indonesia.

Speaking at an offical Pancasila Day ceremony on Wednesday, Yudhoyono said his government would not tolerate other ideologies such as capitalism, communism or religion-based ideologies.

"If anyone or any group attempts to grow a movement against the Pancasila, I say they don't have any place here in Indonesia," he said.

Yudhoyono said the government would be decisive, but "will not forget human rights principles".

Using in English several times during the speech, despite earlier suggestions he should only speak in Indonesian in official speeches, said he had ordered the State Statistics Agency to conduct a survey on Pancasila.

The survey, carried out from May 25 to 29, showed that 79.26 percent of respondents agreed that Pancasila should be the state ideology, he said, adding that 89 percent of the 12,056 respondents said religious and group conflicts were caused by poor awareness of Pancasila.

"From the survey, 30 percent of respondents said the values of Pancasila should be delivered through education," he said.

Yudhoyono said that he would talk to Education Minister M.Nuh to improve Pancasila education. (lfr)

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In response to rising radicalism in Indonesia, the heads of eight state institutions agreed to strengthen Pancasila within the country.

“All state institutions should commit to actively strengthening Pancasila as the nation’s ideology according to their specific roles, positions and authorities,” the head of the Constitutional Court, Mahfud MD said, reading a joint statement issued by the president, vice president, the Constitutional Court, People's Consultative Assembly, House of Representatives, Regional Legislative Council, Supreme Court, Supreme Audit Agency and Judicial Commission.

"We need a national action plan for certain institutions to socialize and strengthen Pancasila values formally through education," he said.

Mahfud said the people in Indonesia had put aside the state ideology of Pancasila.

“As a result, in the middle of the nation’s achievements, mainly on political democracy in the reformation era, some problems threatening the national pillars have surfaced,” Mahfud said.

“Conflict and social violence are easily triggered by ethnic differences, primordialism, and religious [differences].

“The tolerance that had been the original character of the nation is now fading caused as a result of thought penetration and individual pragmatic actions.”

To solve the problems threatening peace and stability in Indonesia, the leaders aimed to strengthen the teachings of Pancasila.

“The values of Pancasila should be revitalized as the guiding star as well as spirit that flow through every attitudes and activities of all nation’s elements in their respective position, status and profession.”

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No more debate on Pancasila: SBY

Hans David Tampubolon, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 06/01/2010 12:21 PM

Pancasila Day: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers a speech at the House of Representatives complex in Jakarta on Tuesday during a commemoration of the speech of the country's first president, Sukarno, on the state ideology Pancasila given on June 1, 1945. Yudhoyono said in his speech that the commemoration aimed to understand Sukarno's great ideas on Pancasila. Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says there should be no more doubts about Pancasila being the country’s basic ideology.

“Let us stop all the debate about Pancasila being our nation’s basic ideology, because doing so will be counterproductive and historically not correct,” Yudhoyono said during his speech at the birth of Pancasila commemoration ceremony at the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Yudhoyono said he hoped the spirit of the Pancasila ideology would continue to inspire the current and future leaders of the country.

The ceremony is to commemorate the speech of Megawati's father and Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, which gave birth to the country's ideology known as Pancasila.

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