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        "id": 1769721,
        "msgid": "when-pancasila-is-tested-by-time-1779960082",
        "date": "2026-05-28 12:04:00",
        "title": "When Pancasila is Tested by Time",
        "author": "Ferril Dennys",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": " Politics",
        "summary": "The piece interrogates whether Pancasila remains a meaningful moral compass for Indonesia or has devolved into a symbolic formality under political dominance. It draws on historical context from the New Order era, where state-enforced interpretation of Pancasila stifled dissent and turned it into a tool for legitimising authoritarian rule. The author advocates for a renewed dialogue around Pancasila as a dynamic ethical foundation rather than a rigid ideological instrument.",
        "content": "<p>As Indonesia approaches the anniversary of Pancasila\u2019s founding on 1\nJune, the nation confronts a fundamental question: is Pancasila still a\nmoral compass for national life, or has it gradually become a symbolic\nformality devoid of critical power amid political dominance? The\nquestion grows more pressing as Indonesia\u2019s public sphere is filled with\npolarisation, political fanaticism, and tendencies to divide society\ninto \u2018nationalist\u2019 and \u2018Anti-national\u2019 groups. Criticism is often viewed\nas a threat to the state, while loyalty to power frequently takes\nprecedence over loyalty to democratic principles. In this context,\ndiscussions about Pancasila regain their urgency. Rocky Gerung offered a\nprovocative insight: Pancasila, he argues, is not an ideology but a\n\u2018ground norm\u2019 or foundational norm of the Indonesian nation. In Kelsen\u2019s\ntheory, a state exists not solely on political power but on shared\nfoundational norms that underpin the entire legal system. From this\nperspective, Pancasila should be seen not as a closed, dogmatic ideology\nbut as an ethical and constitutional basis that unites Indonesia\u2019s\nnational life. This view opens crucial space for reflection. If\nPancasila is treated as a closed ideology, the state risks monopolising\nits interpretation. Indonesia\u2019s history has seen this happen. During the\nNew Order under Soeharto, Pancasila was imposed as the sole basis for\npolitical and social life. This was reinforced by MPR Resolution\nNo.\u00a0II\/1978 on Guidelines for the Implementation of Pancasila (P4), and\nlater solidified in Law No.\u00a03 of 1985 on Political Parties and\nFunctional Groups and Law No.\u00a08 of 1985 onSocial organisations. In\npractice, the state positioned itself as the primary interpreter of\nPancasila\u2019s values. Criticism of the government was often regarded as an\nideological threat, frequently branded as \u2018Anti Pancasila\u2019 or\n\u2018Anti-state\u2019. Consequently, Pancasila lost its dialogic nature as a\nshared ethical space and transformed into a tool for legitimising\npower.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/when-pancasila-is-tested-by-time-1779960082",
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