Youths pray for peace, unity

Youths pray for peace, unity

YOGYAKARTA: About 500 youths representing various religions
grouped under the United People's Forum gathered at the Pagelaran
hall in the Sultan's Palace compound on Friday to say prayers for
national unity and peace.

Attended by Governor and Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengkubuwono X
and Gadjah Mada University's rector Ichlasul Amal, the youths
read out their pledge to maintain the country's unity in
plurality.

"There is evidence that the struggle for democracy and
sweeping reform has been shifted to an antireform and
antidemocracy movement for issuing threats of national
disintegration," Hamengkubuwono said in his speech.

"If we fail to use our common sense and exercise restraint,
this country may only have to wait for days for its ruin," he
added. (swa/edt)