Ladies and Gentlemen, Globalization has also alerted us to the importance of continuously ensuring that Indonesia is possibility that is not absurd. When this republic was established we knew that there was only a handful of people that did not question the possibility of Indonesia as an “imagined community”.
We have realized, and our nation’s forefathers also knew, that not many countries have an objective chance to remain intact as a modern, democratic and open country amidst the mosaic of diversity and contrast.