Teach The Value Of Tolerance, Untag Surabaya Opens The Class Of Gus Dur's Thoughts

Gus Dur's Thoughts Class (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - To emphasize the importance of the value of tolerance among youth, the University of August 17, 1945, Surabaya opened Gus Dur's Thoughtweight activity on Saturday, June 10.

Kaprodi Fakultas Hukum Untag Surabaya Wiwik Afifah S.Pi, SH., MH said the values of tolerance are important for students as provisions for young patriots who will develop the mandate to drive peace

"Gus Dur's class of thinking is a space that will bring students to be able to respond to the condition of our country which continues to advance in democratic life." said Wiwik.

Wiwik added that the democratic life had been produced starting from President Soekarno and then echoed by KH Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur.

"So Gus Dur has nine values as a framework for how we act as young patriots," he said.

Social Movement activist Puspita Ratna said Indonesia's strength came from various differences so that it could carry out democracy.

According to him, people with different backgrounds have different thoughts and different resources.

"Indonesia should not be uniformed, do not waste this potential," said Ita, as she is known.

Chairman of YPTA Surabaya J. Subekti SH, MM, explained that in interpreting democracy, it must be in accordance with Pancasila's breath which includes all ethnic identity, religion, race, and so on.

"In this context, Indonesianness belongs together. So that this revival must be owned by all Indonesian citizens without exception," said the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Roemah Bhinneka.

In addition, students play an important role in realizing the values of tolerance. The organization for the leadership of the nation, he continued, is in the hands of students.

"Students are avant-garde. The front guard for how the future of the Indonesian nation wants to be built. I call students a miniature of Indonesia's future. Want to see Indonesia's future, look at the students," he said.

To prepare yourself, it is not enough just to have an insight into the values of tolerance among young people, but to implement the values of Pancasila in everyday life.

"The most important thing is not to have an insight in the value of tolerance, but how do we have a commitment to instill the value of tolerance in everyday life," he said.