Don’t Repeat Past Mistakes

ANTARA FOTO/Rosa Panggabean

Megawati Soekarnoputri (third right) speaks with other members of the steering committee of the Presidential Working Unit for the Implementation of Pancasila (UKP-PIP) at the inauguration of the UKP-PIP at the State Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (7/6). The eight members of the nine-strong steering committee pictured here are (from left): Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, Said Aqil Siroj, Gen. (Ret.) Try Sutrisno, Ma\'ruf Amin, Mahfud MD, Megawati Soekarnoputri, Syafii Maarif, and Sudhamek.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The Presidential Working Unit on the Implementation of Pancasila (UKP-PIP) faces serious challenges promoting the values Pancasila. The newly formed body should therefore be careful to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

"During the New Order era, Pancasila became a political tool that was often abused by the regime. This should not happen again," the chairman of Muhammadiyah, Haedar Nasir, said in Jakarta on Thursday.