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Include communism ban in Constitution’s addendum: Ex-VP

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Wed, June 1, 2016

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Include communism ban in Constitution’s addendum: Ex-VP Former vice president Try Sutrisno speaks at a national symposium titled Protecting Pancasila from Threats of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and Other Ideologies organized by former military personnel and a number of organizations in Jakarta on June 1. (thejakartapost.com/Viriya Paramita Singgih)

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span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#313534;letter-spacing:.1pt">Former vice president Try Sutrisno called on Wednesday for an addendum in the 1945 Constitution to ensure that communism, Leninism and Marxism were prohibited ideologies in the country.

“There should be an addendum in the 1945 Constitution, stating that Pancasila is our national ideology, and Marxism, Leninism and communism are restricted,” the retired general said at a national symposium titled Protecting Pancasila from the threats of the Indonesian Communist Party [PKI] and Other Ideologies in Jakarta on Wednesday.

“It’s the only way to strengthen the status of Pancasila and fundamentally prohibit Marxism, Leninism and communism,” he stressed

According to Try, lots of young people have forgotten Pancasila and its basic values. He even claimed that the substance of the fourth amendment of the 1945 Constitution had deviated from Pancasila, resulting in a number of misguided laws.

“Hence, we should continue the education, refreshment and the deepening of Pancasila, whether through formal, non-formal and informal education,” Try claimed.

The symposium was organized by at least 300 retired generals and members of mass organizations as they were dissatisfied with the previous symposium in April titled Dissecting the 1965 Tragedy.

Coordinating Political Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that the government would wait for input from the latest symposium before it decided on how to resolve the 1965 tragedy, in which 500,000 people died, mostly members and sympathizers of the now-defunct PKI.

"We expect to get input from participants of the [June] symposium too. We see which suggestions are suitable," Luhut said. (vps/bbn)

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