Long Time Not Appearing, Admiral Sukardi Was Removed By The Pancasal Book, This Is Its Contents

Admiral Sukardi at the launch of his book Pancasal. (Ist)

JAKARTA - Long time no one has heard of his work, Admiral Suakardi, appearing by launching a book titled Pancasal. According to the former Minister of SOEs, there are five fundamental mistakes that make the Indonesian people still feel like they are walking in place. The five basic mistakes are the wrong direction, wrong vision, wrong custody, wrong interpretation, and wrong governance.

Indonesia is a country that has extraordinary natural resources. Rich in natural resources, fertile soil, huge marine economy potential and very supporting weather! As a country, Indonesia has been independent for 77 years.

But what happened? It turns out that Indonesia is far behind compared to several countries that do not have natural resources, such as Korea, Japan, even Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam! "In the past we were more advanced from China. Now the distance of progress is between the sky and the well," said the Minister of SOEs in the era of President Megawati, Ir. Admiral Sukardi at the launch of the book Pancasalas which took place at the Bimasena Club The Dharmawangsa, Jakarta, August 30.

After that, continued the Admiral, we are still aligned with South Korea and Taiwan. As both little tigers. Now we are aligned with Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh.

So far, Indonesia has not been able (or unable to) increase the status of the economy (people's welfare) to become a high-income (sejahter) country? The economy is trapped in middle-class income (Middle Income Trap).

It turns out that one of the basic reasons is that Indonesia has a much lower productivity of human resources than these neighboring countries. The ability to increase human productivity is generally hampered by "Five Mistakes" or "Pancasimal". That is the wrong direction, wrong vision, wrong parenting, wrong interpretation, and wrong governance.

The five mistakes were described by Admiral Suakardi in his book entitled "Pancasal". Laksana gave an example of mistakes in this country, namely Governance.

The senior politician who founded the Banteng Kemerdekaan National Party, Eros Djarot, reminded the importance of reading the preambule (opening) of the 1945 Constitution.

This was revealed by a culturalist named Soegeng Rahardjo Djarot when answering floor questions, related to simple solutions from a cultural perspective to improve the condition of the country which is not doing well.

Discussions presented speakers from former SOE Ministers, Admiral Sukardi (bookwriters of "Pancasal"), Dahlan Iskan, academics Yudi Latif, and Eros Djarot who concurrently moderators.

The book "Pancamal" published by Oetoean Indonesia is relatively thin and easy to read. "This book is the result of my thoughts summarized from literature studies and various formal discussions as well as informal discussions (discussion of whatsapp groups). My experience in pursuing the economic field as a professional banker and my involvement in the 1998 reform movement in Indonesia as well as the task of being the Cabinet Minister of Gotong Royong, Republic of Indonesia (1999-2004) who is responsible for economic restructuring and the business world in Indonesia has greatly contributed to the thoughts that I put into this book," said Admiral Sukardi.