By: Nicholas Tatu )*
Various parties appreciate the initiative of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in its efforts to unite the nation’s young people from various different backgrounds through the Nusantara Student Dormitory (AMN) program.
The existence of the AMN building itself was one of the superior strategic programs of the government during the leadership of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) through the initiation of BIN which enabled all of the nation’s future young generations to unite.
This is something that is important and the Indonesian people really need, because this country consists of various tribes, religions, customs, languages and cultures as well as different backgrounds. So we need a means to be able to unite young people with each other. Therefore, BIN then initiated AMN.
Indeed, the construction of AMN itself was an initiation from the institution led by Police General (Ret.) Prof. Dr. Budi Gunawan also involved various ministries and related regional government (Pemda).
Previously, AMN had been established in a very majestic manner and succeeded in providing various adequate, complete and modern facilities to young people in the City of Heroes, Surabaya. Because the public considers that this strategic flagship program has had many positive impacts, support continues to flow for its continuation.
Thus, the government, through BIN, continues to carry out the implementation of AMN in various regions throughout Indonesia, which is currently being processed in Manado.
Then later, AMN will continue with the State Intelligence Agency’s initiation in many areas such as Makassar, Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Malang. According to the Head of the North Sulawesi Regional Settlement Infrastructure Center (BPPW Sulut), Nurdiana Habibie, the building construction was a joint program involving various other relevant stakeholders.
For the land for the construction of the Nusantara Student Dormitory in Manado itself, the local Provincial Government (Pemprov) is preparing it to be located in Sea II Village, Pineleng District, Minahasa Regency.
The construction of AMN is an effort by BIN to unite students from various backgrounds, such as different ethnicities, languages, cultures and religions. They all come from all corners of Indonesia and are multi-university.
Head of the State Intelligence Agency, Police General (Ret.) Prof. Dr. Budi Gunawan directly received the task from President Jokowi to be a catalyst in the development of AMN through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 106 of 2021 concerning AMN as the basis for its development.
The initial realization of this building was due to a concrete effort by the government to absorb all the aspirations of the community, namely at that time there were as many as 50 community leaders from Papua who wanted there to be a forum or media that would enable unity between ethnic groups throughout the country.
For this reason, the government immediately agreed and gave a very positive response, continuing with execution with very careful planning through the initiation of BIN by also embracing a number of ministries and other related agencies for the smooth and successful realization of this strategic flagship program.
Not only is it a dormitory or residential building that is able to unite the nation’s children from various backgrounds and groups, but AMN is also a center for the birth of future leaders of the nation.
The reason is, the young people who join the program receive various forms of training, mentoring, guidance, education and training which allows them to continue to develop thereby increasing their competitiveness.
In the future, these young people will also grow into individuals with a very strong sense of nationality within the framework of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), and have extraordinary loyalty to the state philosophy of Pancasila and also the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. 1945.
There are many coaching programs that BIN carries out through AMN for young people which become a forum and a real reflection of how beautiful the application of diversity is because it allows those with various differences to live in harmony side by side together.
Meanwhile, academic and Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) Airlangga University (Unair), Prof. Purnawan Basundoro believes that all elements have the same responsibility to further strengthen diversity in Indonesia.
Caring for the diversity and differences that occur in society and this is necessary must of course continue to prepare the mentality of the nation, especially young people so that they have the value of diversity and continue to care for it by opening lots of open meeting spaces between various group backgrounds as in BIN’s efforts in initiating AMN .
Therefore, BIN’s initiative to unite all the nation’s children from various different backgrounds and groups so that they continue to maintain the unity and unity of the Republic of Indonesia through AMN’s strategic flagship program deserves high appreciation.
)* The author is a Manadonese student living in Medan
