REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the people to construe the birth of the state ideology Pancasila in broad sense so that the nation and state will have a better life.
"Lets translate the birth of Pancasila as an open and living ideology for the state and as a guidance for the Indonesian people," the President said on his Twitter account on Sunday.
The Head of State on various occasions stressed the importance of the nations continuous character building so that the people would have strong personality and were ready to become a strong nation both in terms of economic and character aspects.
June 1 has been observed as the birthday of the Pancasila state ideology. Indonesia observed on Sunday the 69th anniversary of the birth of Pancasila on June 1, 1945.