We Are the Government’s Partner

Pemuda Pancasila funds its 2 million members from a mining business, doing government projects, to offering security in marketplaces. It often falls into skirmishes with other mass organizations.

Linda Trianita

December 13, 2021

IN the four decades he has led the mass organization Pemuda Pancasila (Pancasila Youth/PP), Japto Soelistyo Soerjosoermano claimed he has changed many of the bad habits inherent in the organization. At the beginning of his leadership in1981-1985, the 73-year-old man admitted many PP cadres depend on making proposals asking for money and spreading fear among people.

Now Japto has made sure the Pemuda Pancasila has become independent. Some of its m

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