National flag

National flag

From Media Indonesia

All citizens, including the press, certainly know that our national flag of red and white is a symbol of unity and integrity. Whether people realize it or not, this state symbol is currently demonstrating the community's disintegration in Maluku and Poso as on the one side there is a 'red' group and on the other a 'white' group. It is not unity and integrity they demonstrate but fighting, burning and shooting each other.

Why doesn't the press help eliminate references to the red and the white groups in its coverage? Once more, our red and white flag is the state symbol of unity and integrity. It's not a symbol of the nation's disintegration. If the press feels responsible for national integrity, it should not maintain the two colors as a symbol of disintegration. The press is expected to become more introspective and return to its right path.

PUDJOHAPSORO

Jakarta