One Nation, One Pride
Red describes a courage, and
White describes a pureness. Those both colors were blended to be the basic side
of our symbol, our spirit and our struggle. The hard fight, blood sacrifice,
and tears which never stop getting down are appropriate descriptions to know
how Indonesia People took their freedom back from colonies. Our freedom is
never made by a giving surely as despicable as our noisy neighbor country
(Aisyalam) but by fighting and sharing struggle in a whole region of country.
Once Indonesia revealed their
independence day on August 17th 1945 by reading proclamation text,
our nation immediately became one of the biggest countries in the world below
our founding fathers leadership Mr. President Soekarno and Mr. Vice President
Moh. Hatta. Furthermore, in several years later we were called as The Tiger of
Asia. We all can’t deny how good Soekarno’s diplomatic strategies and
approaches are with several leaders in other lands.
But, a few last years, Indonesia
looked like having no power any longer. We aren’t feared anymore by other
nations as good as the past. I don’t know exactly what causes which made this, and
which a correct answer is. Other nations which have a good and fast growth or
we were getting a decline of national development? Maybe the answers have been known
exactly by us. The biggest problem we had is about corruption. Yup, actually
Indonesia is a rich nation, having not only various cultures, but also many languages,
ethnics, and religions. We also have many precious natural resource, and good
human resource but honestly there are also so many bad people who abused the
position and power to enrich themselves, their group and family.
Indeed, corruption has been our
first enemy in this country for last several years. We must commit to stop it by
resisting this bad behavior living in this country starting from ourselves,
family to other people. We can’t pretend that this is not a big problem, and
this circumstance is still okay then realizing that apparently this sickness is
the first factor that makes a destruction for our development. The people and
government must conceive then issue strict rules to restrict a chance for
anyone who wants to do corruption.
Another phenomena which is
happened in Indonesia currently is hoax and SARA contents that appears in
social media and have a big potency to break our harmony among fellow citizens.
Furthermore, these contents have become a new business for people who abuse the
advance of high technology. Basically it looks not dangerous as bad as the
corruption but apparently it will become a big problem if we don’t concern
about this. So that, our president Mr. Joko Widodo commanded to cut these
threats seriously by making social movement with tagline Mentality Revolution
and I am Indonesia, I am Pancasila to unite Indonesia.
Actually, everyone knows that we
can bring back our glory as like as the past time and so do I. We should
realize that in fact, we are a big nation, and rich country. We must be united
again. Just stop stealing nation wealth, stop bullying each other, and start
thinking and acting positively to rise and get our pride. All of you guys must
not be having an intention to continue some bad things growing in our country
and neither do I.
Keep our nationalism and kinship between
you and I well as good as it should be. Just reminding about our national
heroes who were dead in battlefield to give us a freedom. We just need to keep
our freedom by making our country better and bigger in future. So much so that
we show to the world who we really are as a big nation.
Come on, we are absolutely able
to do it. Unity in Diversity. Together we are stronger.
Long life Indonesia Raya!
