Purpose of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia

 By  Akhmad Zamroni

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Every country has a purpose in life. State objectives are usually listed in the constitution of each country. The purpose of life for each country varies according to the basis of the country and the ideology and philosophy of life of each.

The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), since its inception, has had clear, steady and permanent goals. The goals of the Republic of Indonesia were formulated by the founders of the state during the struggle for independence and then stipulated in the state constitution (basic law) at the beginning of independence. As stated in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (Preamble to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia), the fourth paragraph, the objectives of our country are as follows:

•    protect the entire Indonesian nation and all Indonesian blood;

•    promote the common good;

•    enrich the life of a nation; and

•    share in carrying out world order based on freedom, lasting peace and social justice.

These goals are still global. To make it happen in real everyday life, these goals are to be achieved through the implementation of national development. Therefore, in more detail, the objectives of the country can be seen in the objectives of each period of national development carried out by the government.

Basically, the goals of the state as stated in the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, are the basic objectives or main objectives of the state which must be maintained in continuity and consistency in its achievement. As already mentioned, that goal is permanent. By itself, the vision, mission, strategy and national development agenda carried out by every government that leads the Indonesian state are not allowed to go out of these basic goals or main objectives.

Each government that leads the country has the freedom to formulate a national development program according to its respective principles or platforms. The vision, mission, strategy and agenda that will be carried out can have various features and characteristics according to the situations and conditions of life of the community, nation and state that are being faced. However, all instruments and the direction of the national development goals that are being carried out must remain tapered towards the main goals or basic goals of the state as stated in the constitution (Opening of the 1945 Republic of Indonesia UUD).