(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar: The Indonesian Embassy in Qatar held a discussion on Civic Education for Indonesian Community in Qatar recently.
The discussion was held at the Embassy of Indonesia and was attended by community members from various backgrounds such as Indonesian Student Association in Qatar, the Nahdlatul Ulama Special Branch in Qatar, and the Indonesia Catholics Community in Qatar, among others. The Indonesian Ambassador to the State of Qatar, H E Ridwan Hassan, and Indonesian diplomats in Qatar were also present at the event.
Member of Indonesia's Presidential Advisory Council, H E Sidarto Danusubroto was the key speaker at the discussion.
Sidarto, 87 years old, was an aide of Indonesia's first president Soekarno back in 1967-1968 and was also the Head of People's Consultative Assembly, from 2013-2014. In his speech, Sidarto stressed the importance of civic education in current days especially for Indonesian young generation in Qatar.“It does not matter where you live now, the most important thing is your contribution to the country and to the people.”
According to Sidarto, Indonesia has been established as a home for all, regardless of their ethnicity, languages or religions. Founding father and first President of Indonesia once ever said:“Indonesia is one for all and all for one,” quoted Sidarto.
As a home to over 17,000 islands, 300 ethnic groups and 700 languages spoken across the archipelago, Indonesia needs a unified ideology which should be inherent in each of its citizens. In this context, Sidarto said that Pancasila (Panca is Five and Sila means Principles) is still relevant and valid as the State's ideology which has unified 280 million Indonesians from various background.
Pancasila was officially adopted as the state philosophy of Indonesia on June 1, 1945, and serves as the basis for Indonesia's Constitution, laws, and national policies. It also represents the fundamental values and principles that guide the nation and its people.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Hassan mentioned that around 23,000 Indonesians are living in Qatar now and around 8 to 9% of them are young generation below the age of 20.“This is the reason why the Embassy holds various civic programmes for the young Indonesian diaspora in Qatar.”
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