Concerns over national unity

Concerns over national unity

Another new organization has emerged, this time under the name
Persatuan Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Unity).
Although it does not want to be known by its initials, PNI, the
new organization is backed by prominent personalities of the old
PNI (Partai Nasional Indonesia, or Indonesian Nationalist Party).
The interesting thing is not only that the organization is led by
elderly politicians, but that it was established just two days
after the birth of another organization, the YKPK (National
Brotherhood Foundation). Like the YKPK, the PNI was presumably
born out of the founders' concern for national unity and
cohesion.

Their names may differ, but what many observers are sensing is
the power game behind the presence of the organizations. It
appears as if their founders are preparing themselves for the
coming regeneration of national leadership. As we see it, this is
the political scent behind the birth of the Indonesian National
Unity organization as well as the National Brotherhood
Foundation.

The organizations which claim to be concerned with national
unity are emerging at a pace disproportionate to the danger which
is threatening. We are afraid that the louder people cry unity
and cohesion, the greater the likelihood that those cries of
concern will work against the promotion of unity.

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta