An Ideological Battle
The PDI-P lobbied hard to get the Pancasila Ideology Guidelines Bill passed. The DPR changed direction after the public reject it.
Hussein Abri Dongoran
June 23, 2020
BEFORE a limited cabinet meeting was held at Merdeka Palace on the morning of Tuesday, June 16, Ma’ruf Amin spoke in private with President Joko Widodo. For about 20 minutes, the Vice President talked about a number of Islamic organizations which had come out against the Pancasila Ideology Guidelines (HIP) Bill. Pancasila, or the Five Principles, is the Indonesian state ideology. “It turned out that the President has the same concerns
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