By: Rizal Arifin *
Amnesia seems to be endemic, endemic in part under the sound collector. Just let it be, forget the old one, the important thing is to get a voice. That’s a cruel political picture on display. Elections as a media for political education are only an illusion. Not a few who sacrificed the honor of being hypocrites or even destroyed the gift of diversity for the sake of support in a few minutes in the voting booth.
The 2019 Presidential Election event is approaching, various elements have expressed their political preferences. But secretly there are those who open their hearts to the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) who have been determined to be banned and anti-Pancasila community organizations (Ormas). It was Hashim Djojohadikusumo, the younger brother of President Prabowo Subianto who was also the Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Gerindra Party. He stated that he received support from any party regarding the appointment of Prabowo Subianto. In fact, he also said Prabowo received support from parties considered controversial starting from HTI, FPI to PKI grandchildren.
“Someone asked that, I said, I and we would receive support from anywhere except the devil, except for the devil, others we received, Prabowo received, even the PKI children and grandchildren, and our PKI grandchildren would receive their support,” Hashim said.
As a politician, Hashim received support from any party considered normal. However, it should be stressed that in this country the Pancasila price is dead. It cannot be negotiated at all, for any reason, especially for practical political interests.
There is a classical Chinese saying, “there is no free lunch.” There is reciprocity obtained. It should be suspected that something was promised by Hashim Djojohadikusumo to the anti-Pancasila group when giving support to Prabowo. It is no exaggeration if Prabowo is considered to be threatening the integrity of the NKRI. Naturally, Prabowo is not given a place in reason.
The attitude of the knight Prabowo as a former soldier deserves to be questioned. A manly and unyielding soul defends the Pancasila should be etched tightly. Or indeed politics has blinded it, however important it can be. Prabowo is trapped in the abyss of pragmatism. Actually pragmatism in politics can still be tolerated, but if it concerns the basic subject of nationhood, is it willing to sacrifice Pancasila?
It cannot be imagined if Prabowo leads this country. There are contributions behind the voting booths from opponents of the nation’s ideology. Is this what is meant by Indonesia to be disbanded by Prabowo’s version? Shut up and slowly the puzzle pieces are increasingly visible. The correlation of various pessimisms and controversies is rotten engineering that has been scheduled.
Pancasila prices are dead. NKRI forever. Don’t let the leader of the power triumph in this country. In the voting booth later, remember that “Prabowo received support from HTI and the PKI, those who opposed Pancasila, the destroyer of national identity”. While pleading with the Almighty to give reason to Indonesia. Indonesia is forever prosperous.
* The author is a student of the Kerinci State Islamic Institute