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About Indonesia


Pancasila is the philosophical basis of Indonesia who came from two Sansekerta words, "panca" meaning five, and "sila" meaning base. Pancasila consists of five related basic and cannot be separated.

Indonesia is a democratic state in a presidential system of government, and the Five Principles is the soul of democracy. Democracy is based on the Five Principles is called Democracy Pancasila. The basis of this country, announced by President Soekarno (Indonesia's first president) in the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 1945.