Jakarta (ANTARA) – Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Bambang Soesatyo, has urged Indonesian students in Malaysia to inculcate the spirit of nationalism and civic awareness.

“I really hope Indonesian students in Malaysia participate in taking an active role in conveying the national narrative,” Soesatyo said in a written statement received here on Saturday.

Soesatyo made the remarks while attending a virtual event on ‘Socialization of the Four Pillars of MPR’, organized by the Indonesian Students Association in Malaysia (PPI Malaysia).

During the online interaction, Soesatyo highlighted that the national narrative will produce optimal results if it manifests in real work and does not rest on discourse and rhetoric alone. The expected result is the development of the nation’s character enriched by insights about Indonesia, he emphasized.

As a plural nation, Indonesia is fortunate to be united by a vision of nationality and common aspiration, as stipulated in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the MPR chairman added.

“That (the aspiration) is the realization of an independent, united, sovereign, just, and prosperous Indonesia,” he pointed out.

The Preamble to the 1945 Constitution also mandates a form of government that protects all people of Indonesia and the entire homeland of Indonesia, advances general prosperity, develops the nation’s intellectual life, and participates in implementing a world order based on freedom, lasting peace, and social justice, he noted.

After 76 years of independence, the Indonesian people will begin to move towards the era of Golden Indonesia 2045, Soesatyo continued.

In making this journey, he said, there are collective questions that must be answered by Indonesian citizens, such as the extent of the accomplishments that Indonesia has managed to achieve in realizing the vision of nationality and purpose of independent Indonesia as mandated in the Constitution.

“This question is also relevant for us to present to the younger generation of our nation,” he remarked while stressing that the current generation is the generation that will take over the wheel of national leadership in Golden Indonesia 2045.

Therefore, with the country marking nearly a century of independence, questions related to Indonesia’s achievements must be answered , he remarked.

Source: ANTARA News