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The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) launched stamps depicting the four pillars of the MPR, in order to propagate the pillars.

The four stamps featured the Pancasila principles as the basis and state ideology, the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution, the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), and the symbol of the Garuda Pancasila with Unity and Diversity (Bhinneka Tunggal Ika) as the country's motto).

The stamps issued  by the MPR in cooperation with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, PT Pos Indonesia, and Peruri, were officially launched at the  Parliament Building Complex, Jakarta, Friday (3/29).

Present during the event were MPR Secretary General Dr. Ma'ruf Cahyono, Director of Communication and Information of PT Post Indonesia Ikhsan Baidirus, a director of the Peruri Fadel, and Jakarta Regional IV Head of PT Pos Indonesia Onni Hadiyono. Also present were a number of bloggers and philatelists.

Cahyono said that for the first time, the four MPR pillars have been included on stamps. The launch of the stamps was also part of MPR's efforts to popularize the Four MPR pillars.

"Stamps with the 4 MPR Pillars have an extraordinary meaning. These stamps are ideological. Stamps contain the Preamble of  UUDs, the NKRI and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. This is in accordance with the MPR mission to take the four pillars to all levels of the society," he added.

Meanwhile, Director of the Communication and Information Post Ikhsan Baidirus said that the four MPR pillars are Indonesia-based platforms. "The Four MPR Pillars are part of the philosophy of the nation and the state and it is appropriate and suitable to glorify this state platform. One of them is in the form of stamps," he said.

According to Baidirus, stamps became ambassadors projecting the Indonesian nation to the whole world. So, stamps are very important and strategic. Therefore, the process (to be followed) before entering a stamp is not easy.

"We are very selective with images placed on stamps. The message conveyed on the stamps must be able to represent Indonesia. Therefore, it is essential to provide a very good, noble and beneficial place for the Four Pillars of the MPR on stamps," he continued.

In his report, MPR RI Head of Public Relations Siti Fauziah said that so far MPR has popularized the Four Pillars of MPR through various methods, including competitions for elementary and junior high school students, quiz competitions for high school students, constitutional debates, Four Pillar Camps, outbound programs, martial arts for students, training for university lecturers, and art and culture methods. "The stamp is a new method of popularizing the four MPR pillars," he said.

On that occasion, Siti Fauziah delivered a speech thanking various parties for their support, especially the Secretary General of the MPR, the Communication and Information Ministry, PT Pos Indonesia, and Peruri. (ANTARA)