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National 4 years ago
PREMIUM
State universities 'adopt' morning Pancasila readings per new ministerial rule
The education ministry has become the latest to impose a rule on celebrating Pancasila through regular ceremonial events to start the workday, as part of an ongoing bureaucratic trend to reinforce the civil service's commitment to upholding the state ideology.
Politics 4 years ago
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Pancasila under threat of politicization
The highly contentious dismissal of 51 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees for failing a civics test aimed at assessing their understanding and loyalty to the national ideology of Pancasila raises the specter of the New Order regime that once weaponized it to quash dissenters and achieve short-term political goals.
Politics 4 years ago
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Megawati’s possible BRIN role brings fresh concerns over research politicization
A presidential regulation on the National Research Agency (BRIN) mandates the agency to have a steering committee led by the head of the Agency for Pancasila Ideology Education's (BPIP) steering committee -- a position held by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Opinion 5 years ago
An insightful synthesis on strengthening Pancasila
A discourse on Pancasila may represent discussions of the deepest or the most substantive aspects of a nation, which is significantly important for all Indonesian citizens, who are the adherents of said ideology. In regard to its significant values, the debate over the bill on the Pancasila Ideology Guidelines (HIP) has become a sensitive, complex and fierce topic as the issues touch one of most fundamental aspects of the nation.
Editorial 5 years ago
House of missing priorities
While the country is in no immediate danger of having its ideology replaced by communism or Islamism, the House has insisted that the Pancasila ideology guidelines bill should be on the top of National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) priority list, expecting that it will be passed by October this year. No one in society asked for this bill and there has been no extensive debate as to whether the country even needs a new regulation on the state ideology.
Politics 5 years ago
Specter of communism polarizes PDI-P infighting: Sources
Fear of the return of communism has polarized infighting within the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), sources have said, following widespread criticism of the ruling party for its proposed Pancasila ideology guidelines (HIP) bill.
