Jakarta (ANTARA) - Acting Secretary-General of the People\u2019s\nConsultative Assembly (MPR RI) Siti Fauziah has called on all elements\nof society to fill Indonesia\u2019s Independence Day with real contributions,\nsuch as doing positive things and expressing gratitude for the\nindependence that has been achieved to date.<\/p>\n
According to her, interpreting Indonesia\u2019s independence is not enough\nmerely by remembering history, but also by filling it through work and\nreal contributions.<\/p>\n
\u201cFilling the independence that has been fought for by the nation\u2019s\nheroes with love for the homeland, maintaining unity, and real work. The\nstruggle today is no longer by taking up arms, but by fighting\nignorance, poverty, and division for Indonesia\u2019s progress,\u201d said Siti in\nher statement in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n
She also quoted an expression from Bung Karno that independence is a\n\u201cgolden bridge\u201d that must be crossed towards a better future for\nIndonesia and a just and prosperous society.<\/p>\n
Independence, she continued, is the gateway to achieving an\nIndonesian society that is free, united, sovereign, just, and\nprosperous.<\/p>\n
She explained that the expression \u201cgolden bridge\u201d also serves as a\nreminder that Indonesia\u2019s struggle for independence does not stop with\nthe generation that seized independence but continues with the next\ngeneration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe form of struggle for each generation is different. The current\ngeneration struggles not by taking up arms, but through work,\nachievement, and real contributions to fill independence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Siti said that Indonesia\u2019s current situation and conditions, which\nare relatively safe and peaceful, provide space for the public to work\nand create and provide benefits.<\/p>\n
According to her, this safe and peaceful situation is an opportunity\nthat must be utilised to continue doing and contributing to national\ndevelopment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must be grateful that Indonesia is a safe place for us. This\nsituation should make us enthusiastic about working,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Siti specifically advised the younger generation growing up in the\ncurrent digital era that amidst the challenges of digital technology\nadvancement, the younger generation should continue to nurture unity and\nprovide positive contributions to national development.<\/p>\n
By being united, she said, the Indonesian nation continues to move\nforward in realising a sovereign, just, and prosperous Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us make the commemoration of Indonesia\u2019s Independence Day a\nmoment to look to the future with full optimism, so that this nation\nbecomes increasingly sovereign, just, and prosperous, and its people\nlive in harmony in unity amidst diversity,\u201d she said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mpr-acting-secretary-general-urges-public-to-fill-independence-with-real-contributions-1786971343", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }