Urgency for Strengthening Civil Society

Kompas/Riza Fathoni

.A number of residents participate in the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity) parade from the Arjuna Wijaya horse statue monument on Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta to the Tugu Tani, Menteng monument, on Saturday (19/11/2016). The parade was held to promote the awareness in maintaining Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, the Republic of Indonesia, and Indonesian diversity

Ki Hadjar Dewantara (1950) explains in his analysis titled “Pancasila” that the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution contains the aspirations of national struggle.

The Preamble to the 1945 Constitution states concisely and clearly: 1) independence is an inalienable right of all nations, all colonialism must be abolished in this world; 2) the state of Indonesia shall be independent, united, sovereign, just and prosperous; 3) the government of the state shall a) protect all the people of Indonesia and all territories belonging to Indonesia; b) improve public welfare: c) educate the people; and d) participate in establishing a world order based on freedom, perpetual peace and social justice. The state principles are: 1) Belief in one God; 2) just and civilised humanity; 3) Indonesian unity (nationalism); 4) democracy; and 5) social justice.