Gus Dur's Wife Orders To Maintain Integrity: The State Has BeenUnified By Mada Elephants From Sabang To Merauke

JAKARTA - The wife of the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid alias Gus Dur, Sinta Nuriyah invites the public to choose a national leader who can maintain the integrity of the nation which has been jointly guarded.

This was conveyed by Sinta after leading the delegation of the Nation Conscience Movement (GNB) to meet with Vice President Ma Ruf Amin at the Vice Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Thursday, January 11.

"People who can maintain trust, maintaining integrity is what we must choose to be the leader of our nation," he said.

He hopes that the elected national leader will be someone who can bring prosperity, prosperity and goodness, not only for the country, but also for his nation, and are trustworthy people who can uphold justice.

"Anyway, it spreads virtue. Especially in Indonesia, he is able to maintain the integrity of the nation and state. That is the most important thing. Because if we learn history, that our country has united Mahapatih Gajah Mada from Sabang to Merauke to become a whole country, one, which is not divided even though it consists of various ethnicities and religions," he explained.

He stressed that Indonesia needs to have a leader who is able to maintain integrity, who does not only think about his group.

"This means that we don't just think about the group, we don't just think about ethnicity, we don't just think about religion, but everything. This is the Indonesian people. That must be maintained by the integrity. We are brothers and we are one, one homeland, one nation, one language. This must be maintained," he said.

Meanwhile, during his meeting with Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Sinta Nuriyah as Chair of the Nation's Conscience Movement accompanied by national figures, including Quraish Shihab, KH. Sayyid Muhammad Hilal Al Aidid, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Karlina Rohima Supelli, Makarim Wibisono, Cardinal Suharyo, Pastors Gomar Gultom and Alissa Wahid.

In the meeting with the Vice President, the figures present conveyed matters related to the importance of national integrity, the ideals of an independent Indonesian nation with sovereignty, justice and prosperity.

It is planned that the figures will soon meet President Joko Widodo as well as the previous presidents and vice presidents, including state administrators and election organizers to voice the same thing.