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The Role Of Pancasila In Indonesian Ideology

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Lately, Pancasila (Five Principles), Indonesian ideology, has been a trending topic in Indonesia. The first case was in the first quarter of 2016 when an Indonesian singer deliberately making fun of the symbol of the fifth principle of Pancasila. Supposedly, the symbol of the fifth principle is rice and cotton, however turned into a joke into “twerking duck” (Ramadhan, 2016). It was an insult towards Indonesian ideology and she was facing an imprisonment and fine with the basis of blasphemy of the state’s symbol. The last recent case in the early of 2017, when an Indonesian military officer was was teaching at an Australian military facility in Perth found a writing that the Australian military officer slipped Pancasila into “Pancagila” in which gila means crazy or mad. Because of this issue, Indonesia has retracted its special military unit, Kopassus, and suspended the military relationship with Australia until the all things have been settled (Chang, 2017). Those two cases reflect how serious Pancasila towards …show more content…

In its nation philosophy, Pancasila, it was painted deeper reasons of the backgrounds rather than those revolutions” (Latif, 2011, p.47). It can be seen that Pancasila is a truly unique Indonesian identity. It was the citizens identity prior independence, after independence, and even in the future. Pancasila provides directly that is perfectly fit the characteristics of Indonesia. For example, the third principle of Pancasila ensures the unity between the citizens even though they are born from different kind of race, speak different language, and have different religion. This also supported by Professor Greg Fealy of the Australian National University that Pancasila is used as the basis of the unity and diversity (Chang,

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