REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Acting governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has stated that Indonesia's youth should optimize their role to bind the nation together.

He was speaking at the 83rd commemoration of Sumpah Pemuda (Youth Pledge) in the National Monument (Monas), Central Jakarta.

"The theme of Youth Pledge is to continuously build a strong youth. That is, all young people must stay united so that the unity of the nation is unaffected," Basuki said here on Tuesday.

According to him, if the young stand united, the nation's development can be uninterrupted.