Ma'ruf Amin Supports Pancasila As Its Own Subject, DPR: It Should Be Realized Immediately, Don't Let It Unfollow Up

JAKARTA - Member of the House of Representatives Commission X Elnino Husein Mohi welcomed Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's statement supporting the plan to restore Pancasila as a separate subject in the education curriculum. According to him, if the Vice President has proposed it must be followed up.

"If Kiai Maruf proposes again, it should be realized immediately because he is the vice president of the Republic of Indonesia. Don't let the executive follow up and just talk," said Elnino to VOI, Thursday, April 7.

Elnino revealed that the MPR had previously recommended that Pancasila Moral Education (PMP) lessons be revived. However, until now the Ministry of Education and Culture has not discussed it again.

"Since about 10 years ago, the MPR has recommended that there be more PMP lessons, but until now the Ministry of Education and Culture has never discussed it," he continued.

According to the Gerindra Legislator for the Gorontalo Dapil, education during his school days was much better than education during the reform era. Because, there is PMP and the example of the teachers.

"Those are two things that are rare now," said Elnino.

Elnino then explained that the subject of Pancasila Moral Education (PMP) was replaced with PPKN (Pancasila and Citizenship Education). Then it changed again to Citizenship Education (PKn).

"Look, in the title alone we should have 'Moral and Pancasila', then we lose 'Moral', then we discard 'Pancasila'. The words 'Moral' and 'Pancasila' are lost in the memory of today's generation, "explained the Movement Politician. Greater Indonesia (Gerindra).

Previously, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin supported the plan to restore Pancasila as a separate subject in the education curriculum, as stipulated in Government Regulation (PP) Number 4 of 2022 concerning National Education Standards.

"I support and welcome efforts to implement Pancasila values to students, from elementary school to university students and alumni, both at home and abroad, as well as the wider community, including businessmen," said Ma' ruf while receiving an audience with the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP) at the vice president's official residence in Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, April 6.

During the meeting, Ma'ruf also received BPIP's report on implementing the values of Pancasila. According to him, politically, the Indonesian people have established Pancasila as the basis of the state.

However, the implementation of Pancasila values still requires various efforts so that it can be understood and implemented properly in people's lives.

"Until now, there are still parties who argue, for example, between Pancasila and Islam. If there is Pancasila, there is no Islam, if there is Islam, there is no Pancasila. Maybe it needs to be given proper explanations, so that no one else will contrast between Pancasila and religion," he explained.

The vice president also emphasized the importance of inculcating Pancasila values in building superior human resources (HR), who are not only skilled and innovative, but also have a high understanding of nationality.

In addition, in particular, the Vice President also emphasized the importance of socializing the values of Pancasila to business people. Without a national commitment, he continued, entrepreneurs will only think about profits without heeding the suffering of the people.

The vice president asked BPIP to design the right strategy so that the values of Pancasila are easily understood and understood by various groups.