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VOINews, Jakarta - Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Puan Maharani, said that one of the goals of Indonesian independence in accordance with the 1945 Constitution was to create world order and peace.

"Realizing world order and peace is one of our goals in accordance with the 1945 Constitution," she conveyed during her speech at the Solidarity Act for Palestine in Jakarta on Sunday.

Therefore, she noted that what happened to the people in Palestine could not be accepted by the entire community.

"Since the beginning of our independence, until our current president, we have consistently supported Palestinian independence," she continued.

Maharani then expressed her deep condolences to victims of the Israel-Palestine war, ranging from adults to children, men, and women.

"I express my deep condolences for the victims who died and the misfortune of the innocent Palestinian people while praying for their peace," she disclosed.

She also prayed that the injured victims in Palestine would recover quickly and get the medical assistance they needed.

The House Speaker asked the Indonesian government to continue fighting and advocating for Palestinian independence from Israel.

She emphasized that independence is the right of all nations, which must be realized through hard work and mutual cooperation.

"Never stop, and always urge Israel to stop their military aggression against the Palestinian people," she urged.

Moreover, she asked the community to share in the pain of the Palestinian people by continuing to send aid.

Maharani also hopes that the cruelty of Israeli military aggression can be stopped.

"All Indonesians must continue to support Palestine, including with humanitarian assistance for them," she added.

On the same occasion, the initiator of the Solidarity Act for Palestine, Din Syamsudin, reminded the participants not to convey their political aspirations toward presidential and vice presidential candidates who attended the event.

"Please hold your political aspirations for this event," he stated. (Antaranews)

VOINews, Jakarta - The Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK), Muhadjir Effendi, who was present at the Solidarity Act for Palestine in Jakarta on Sunday, emphasized that the public does not need to doubt the government's stance on Palestine's independence.

He conveyed this together with Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi who were present at the activity.

"We are here to represent the government," he said.

He then explained that their presence was assigned by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

"We were assigned by President Jokowi. Do not doubt the government's stance on Palestine. We will support Palestine with all of our strength until Palestine is free," he continued.

Effendy also asked the public to pray for Palestinians' well-being and their freedom from prolonged suffering.

Meanwhile, Minister Qoumas invited the public to perform prayers for the martyrs who were victims of Israel's regime.

"We are all gathered here because we care about Palestinian people. I ask everyone to perform prayer for their well-being and to pray for the martyrs who are victims of Israel," he noted.

He also hoped that the Palestinian people would soon gain peace, justice, and independence.

In addition, Foreign Affairs Minister Marsudi conveyed that the first humanitarian aid from Indonesia had been sent to Palestine.

"Yesterday the first aid was sent directly by President Jokowi. Those did not only come from the government but also from the community. Once the aid arrives, it will be distributed through humanitarian institutions," she remarked.

Aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip includes food, medical equipment, blankets, tents, and other logistical items weighing a total of 51.5 tons.

The aid was transported using three aircraft, namely two C-130 Hercules aircraft with tail numbers A-1327 and A-1328 from the 31st Air Squadron and 32nd Air Squadron of the Indonesian Air Force, as well as one chartered Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 aircraft. (Antaranews)

VOINews, Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, Muhadjir Effendy, shared the agenda for fostering youth toward realizing the Golden Indonesia 2045 goal at the national working meeting of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) here.

The younger generation is the backbone of the nation and will bear great responsibility in realizing the nation's ideals, he said at the meeting on Saturday.

One of Indonesia's aspirations is to become an independent, sovereign, just, and prosperous country by 2045, when it celebrates 100 years of independence, he added.

"As a nation that has rich natural resources and extraordinary diversity, Indonesia has a big vision, namely Golden Indonesia 2045," he said.

He added that 2045 is 22 years away and the current young generation, especially those aged 18 and above, will be the leaders of the nation by then.

"When they are 35 years old and above, they will lead (assume leadership positions) in Indonesia. If we live until old age, we can witness it," he said.

Indonesia, with its current gross domestic product (GDP) of US$5 thousand per capita, is expected to become a developed country with a GDP of US$30,600 per capita.

Effendy said that Indonesia needs to boost its current GDP by 6 times to achieve the goal.

"We are not there yet, even though our current (economic) growth is relatively better compared to the 20 major countries," he explained.

Acting governor of South Sulawesi, Bahtiar Baharuddin, said that ICMI's national working meeting provided insights about the domestic political contestancy in 2024.

All presidential candidates were invited to share their strategies for building Indonesia at the forum.

Baharuddin said that the forum was held in Makassar as it is considered conducive and many national political figures have come from the city. (Antaranews)

VOINews.id, Jakarta: CEO of Special Olympics, Mary Davis said that the Asia-Pacific region is important for the development of the intellectually-disabled olympics. According to her, the region is full of "large countries", one of which is Indonesia.

“Yeah, this region (Asia-Pacific) is critical to the whole development of Special Olympics globally. It's got some of the largest countries in the world. If you look towards India, or Bangladesh, or Indonesia, Australia... so (does) large programs and some great programs as well," said Mary in a special interview with RRI Voice of Indonesia amid the 2023 Regional Leadership Conference (RLC) 2023 of Special Olympics Asia-Pacific in Jakarta, Saturday (04/11/2023).

With so many large countries in the Asia-Pacific, Mary mentioned the need for a Special Olympics program and strong leaders. He believes that strong programs and leaders from Asia-Pacific can be role models for other countries, especially smaller countries.

“So in terms of the expansion of the Special Olympics globally, it's really important that we have strong programs and strong leaders, in each of those countries, because they then can be role models for other countries, maybe smaller countries, in terms of developing and growing their programs," she continued.

Mary also said that this conference was the first to be held after the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, she hopes that RLC 2023 can restore the strength of the parties involved and make the Special Olympics stronger.

"This region (Asia-Pacific), in particular, has suffered more and lost more coaches, volunteers, and athletes (during the Covid-19 pandemic). So, today's conference in Indonesia is about how we can grow back (the strength of coaches, volunteers, and athletes) better, bigger, and stronger," she added.

The 2023 RLC, which was attended by representatives of Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, and coaches throughout the Asia-Pacific, was held from Friday (03/11/2023) to Sunday (05/11/2023). The agenda included the delivery of strategic plans, presentations, and self-development for each participant in various sessions. Apart from that, there was also a cultural evening presented by Special Olympics Indonesia with the assistance of the Indonesian Ministry of Youth and Sports.