Social Affairs Minister and Deputy Minister Attend Pancasila Sanctity Day Ceremony at Lubang Buaya

The Minister of Social Affairs, Saifullah Yusuf (Gus Ipul), alongside Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Agus Jabo Priyono, attended the Pancasila Sanctity Day Commemoration Ceremony at the Pancasila Sakti Monument, Lubang Buaya, East Jakarta, today.

President Prabowo Subianto served as the ceremony inspector, accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka. The ceremony commenced at 08:00 WIB and was attended by leaders of state institutions, ministers of the Red and White Cabinet, the TNI-Polri (Indonesian National Armed Forces and National Police), and students from various schools.

The proceedings began with a grand salute and a report from the Ceremony Commander, Colonel Mar Edo Sidharta Halilintar, to President Prabowo as the inspector of the ceremony.

Prabowo then led a moment of silence to honour the services of the heroes who fell in the struggle to defend the Indonesian nation. “To remember the souls and services of the heroes, the nation’s fighters, and especially the revolutionary heroes. A moment of silence, begin,” said Prabowo in his statement on Thursday (1/10/2026).

The ceremony continued with the reading of the Pancasila text by the Chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPD RI), Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin, and the reading of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia by the Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI), Ahmad Muzani.

Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR RI), Puan Maharani, read and signed the Pledge Manuscript. The ceremony concluded with a prayer led by the Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasaruddin Umar.

Simultaneously, the Ministry of Social Affairs also held a Pancasila Sanctity Day Commemoration Ceremony in the courtyard of the Ministry’s office. The ceremony was attended by officials and staff of the Ministry of Social Affairs as part of the commemorations within the ministry’s environment.

This year, the Pancasila Sanctity Day commemoration carries the theme “Pancasila as the Unifier of the Nation towards a Sovereign, Just, and Prosperous Indonesia”. The theme conveys the vital importance of maintaining unity amidst diversity, while using Pancasila values as a foundation for achieving public welfare.