Pancasila Unites the Nation

KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

Visitors of different faiths tour Jakarta Cathedral on Friday (1/6/2018), when they gathered for a breaking-of-the-fast event themed "Strengthening Tolerance, Brotherhood and Solidarity of Humanity". The Pancasila Day gathering reflected on the strength of interfaith harmony in Indonesia, which maintains national unity and cohesion.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The third Indonesian Cultural Consensus (MBI) General Assembly that ended on Sunday, Nov. 25, concludes that state ideology Pancasila is the core essence of the nation’s noble values. Pancasila serves as a unifier and a foundation for the nation-state’s life.

Now, the nation needs to define Pancasila in a way that does not indoctrinate the people so that it can be a cross-generational ideology for the nation.