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Megawati inaugurates new PDI-P headquarters on Pancasila Day
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri chose Pancasila Day, which falls on June 1, to inaugurate the party's new headquarters on Monday
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ndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri chose Pancasila Day, which falls on June 1, to inaugurate the party's new headquarters on Monday.
'I chose the date [June 1] because as we know, our congress decided that our [PDI-P] ideology is Pancasila,' she said in a speech at the headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro, Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Monday.
She was referring to the party's second congress in 2005, during which Pancasila was declared the party's ideology.
Pancasila Day marks the day when Megawati's father, former president Sukarno, introduced the five principles of Pancasila on June 1, 1945.
The new headquarters, the construction of which started in May 2014, replaces the party's former headquarters in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta.
Party secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto said the party would hold most of its activities at the Jl. Diponogoro premises.
"The Lenteng Agung office will house the party's organizations, such as Repdem [party volunteers] and Bamusi [Islamic wing]," Hasto said on the sidelines of the ceremony.
Construction of the five-story building reportedly cost Rp 42.6 billion and was funded by contributions by party members over the past five years. The building has a two-level basement for parking. (fsu/nvn)
