Pancasila: Jurnal Keindonesiaan

Harmony of Pancasila Values and the Principle of Religious Moderation in Criminal Law Reform in Indonesia

2024-10-03T02:57:11+07:00

This study examines the alignment between Pancasila values and religious moderation in Indonesia's criminal law reform. The old Criminal Code, inherited from the colonial era, has been criticized for its lack of social justice and religious freedom. The key problem addressed is how the new Criminal Code can embody Pancasila values while preventing religious radicalism and extremism. Observations focus on articles in the old code that are seen as unresponsive to human rights and plurality. A juridical-normative approach is employed, analyzing the new Criminal Code's relationship with Pancasila and religious moderation principles. The analysis includes primary legal documents, such as the new Criminal Code, and relevant secondary literature. Philosophical, historical, and normative methods are used to develop legal logic aligned with Pancasila, aiming to solve the problem of religious intolerance. The results indicate that the new Criminal Code introduces significant reforms to protect religious freedom, focusing on preventing radicalism and enhancing rehabilitative sanctions. These reforms represent a major step towards a more inclusive and just legal system. The conclusion drawn is that the new Criminal Code is expected to harmonize criminal law with Pancasila values and religious moderation, providing more humanistic and preventive approaches to religious issues. This research contributes by offering a new perspective on criminal law reform that emphasizes national values and presents a legal model more suited to Indonesia’s diverse society.

Professional Ethics and the Exemplary Behavior of Public Figures: A Literature Review from a Pancasila Perspective

2025-06-20T20:12:53+07:00

This literature review explores the relationship between professional ethics and exemplary behavior from the perspective of Pancasila values, which are relevant in addressing the complexities of modern professionalism. Various moral issues, such as abuse of authority, weak integrity, and the crisis of exemplary behavior, demand a stronger ethical foundation rooted in the nation's noble values. This study uses a conceptual approach based on literature with a critical analysis of the literature on professional ethics, Pancasila values, and the practice of exemplary behavior from figures. The novelty of this article lies in the integration of professional ethics with Pancasila, which is not only positioned as a normative guideline, but also synthesized into a conceptual model of Pancasila-based professional ethics that emphasizes the integration of moral values, social responsibility, and exemplary behavior from figures. The main synthesis of the study confirms that the revitalization of Pancasila values strengthens the moral foundation of the profession while offering a practical ethical framework that is contextual, adaptive, and relevant to global challenges. The practical implications of this study are the importance of implementing Pancasila-based professional ethics in professional education, character development of the younger generation, and the development of ethical leadership capable of building a society with integrity, justice, and civility.

Generation Z's and Pancasila Democracy: The Impact of Political Parties and Political Leadership

2025-06-21T23:36:14+07:00

Generation Z in the current situation is quite interesting to discuss because this age group grew up and developed amid the development of digital and information technology. The entry of Generation Z as civil servant candidates marks a shift in the dynamics of Indonesian government bureaucracy because amid demands that the basic values of Pancasila ideology be strongly instilled along with regulations that bind the civil service. This study answers how perceptions of political parties and political leadership can influence Generation Z to implement Pancasila democracy. This study was designed using a survey and data processed with a quantitative approach using Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling. This study concludes that perceptions of a political party can have a positive influence on political leadership. Indirectly, this also supports the idea that party ideology will have an impact on the political leadership of future public officials. Thus, perceptions of political leadership among future public officials have a significant influence on how respondents express Pancasila democracy. Thus, this study recommends intensive political education for political parties and their leaders to support the internalization of Pancasila values among public officials and party cadres.

Mainstreaming Pancasila in The Relocation of The National Capital

2024-10-09T02:38:43+07:00

The relocation of Indonesia’s new capital city from Jakarta to Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan represents a strategic policy imbued with ideological significance, reflecting the implementation of Pancasila values as the philosophical and ideological foundation of the state. This study aims to critically examine the relevance of Pancasila principles in the capital relocation process, particularly in the dimensions of social justice, environmental sustainability, and regional autonomy. Employing normative legal research methods with statutory and historical approaches, this study analyses various regulations and relevant literature to uncover the normative and juridical context of the policy. The findings affirm that the relocation of the capital is not merely an administrative or technocratic decision, but a political and legal process that must embody the substantive values of Pancasila. This process demands active public participation, respect for human rights—especially the rights of indigenous communities—and the reinforcement of inclusive development principles. Furthermore, this study highlights constitutional issues arising from the relationship between the IKN authority and the East Kalimantan local government, as well as fiscal decentralization challenges that could potentially lead to disparities in authority and financial governance. Therefore, the urgency of implementing transparency, accountability, and sustainability principles is crucial to ensure the legitimacy and success of the IKN relocation project within the framework of a just rule of law. This study is expected to make a substantive contribution to the academic discourse on integrating Pancasila values into the formulation and implementation of strategic public policies in Indonesia.

Ethics of Writing History in the Axiological Perspective of Pancasila

2025-06-26T13:21:55+07:00

History is not merely a record of the past but an interpretation that shapes national identity and collective memory. In Indonesia, historical writing often faces challenges, such as political bias, Java-centrism, and narrative injustice, which contradicts the values of Pancasila. This study aims to analyze the relevance of Pancasila as an axiological framework to strengthen integrity and justice in historiographic practices. Using a qualitative approach with a normative framework design, this research examines historiographic texts, through thematic content analysis, hermeneutics, and critical discourse analysis. The findings indicate that Pancasila’s principles, Belief in the One and Only God, Just and Civilized Humanity, The Unity of Indonesia, Democracy guided by wisdom through deliberation and representation, and Social Justice for All the People of Indonesia, offer concrete ethical guidelines for historians. For instance, the principle of Social Justice mandates proportional representation, while Unity demands decentralization of historical narratives beyond Java. Meanwhile, the value of Divinity demands moral integrity in historical verification, the value of Humanity requires dignified representation of all subjects, and the value of Democracy requires inclusive participatory methods. However, the study also identifies challenges, such as political intervention and limited access. The case study of the 1965 Tragedy shows how the official narrative is dominated by a version of the regime that ignores the perspective of the victim and violates the principles of Humanity and Social Justice. This research contributes a critical synthesis of Pancasila values with global historiographical theories, providing an operational framework for ethical historical writing that is both contextually grounded and transformative.

Pancasila and Technogeopolitics: Integrating National Values into Foreign and Technology Policy

2025-06-26T10:43:29+07:00

This paper investigates Indonesia’s challenges in the global techno-geopolitical order and the role of Pancasila as a normative foundation for foreign and technology policy. Existing analyses often reduce Indonesia’s strategy to pragmatic hedging amid U.S.-China rivalry. This study advances the debate by highlighting the tension between the rhetorical and substantive use of Pancasila. As rhetoric, Pancasila legitimizes existing choices (e.g. “hedging”) without addressing structural dependency. As substance, it provides an ethical paradigm that integrates justice, humanity, and sovereignty into digital governance. The paper demonstrates how Indonesia can move beyond pragmatist adaptation (Western liberal universalism, Chinese techno-statism, and competing Global South approaches, e.g. Brazil’s rights-based model and India’s growth-based strategy) toward normative entrepreneurship. The paper prescribes three steps: (1) operationalizing Pancasila values into measurable benchmarks, (2) reframing hedging as normative entrepreneurship, and (3) aligning domestic digital strategies with ethical commitments. The core contribution is to show that Indonesia’s global relevance hinges not merely on strategy, but on transforming Pancasila into a “substantive compass” for techno-diplomatic engagement, or as an approach that offers a distinct normative alternative in international debates on digital order.

Internalisation of Presean Values in Social Learning to Strengthen Pancasila Ideology

2025-07-03T14:15:08+07:00

This research is motivated by the challenges of internalizing Pancasila values among sociology education students through an approach relevant to the local cultural context. One potential medium is the values of Presean culture, which can enrich the teaching of Pancasila ideology. The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of Presean cultural values in social learning and their contribution to strengthening students’ understanding of Pancasila. The study employed a qualitative approach with 15 participants consisting of sociology education students, lecturers, and local cultural figures. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and document analysis, then examined using a descriptive-interpretative method. The findings reveal that the internalisation of Presean values-such as courage, sportsmanship, and adherence to rules-positively enhances students’ comprehension of Pancasila principles. In addition, this culturally based learning increases students’ awareness of unity, social justice, and respect for human rights. These results suggest that integrating Presean cultural values into social education can serve as an effective alternative for strengthening Pancasila ideology among the younger generation.

Between Divinity and Liberty: Rethinking Religious Freedom under Indonesia’s Constitution

2025-03-03T02:45:52+07:00

This study examines the implementation of religious freedom in Indonesia through the lens of constitutionalism, focusing on the interpretive ambiguity between the foundational state principle of Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa (Belief in the One and Only God) and the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom set out in Article 29(2) of the 1945 Constitution. This tension becomes particularly apparent when Article 28E, which affirms individual religious freedom, is curtailed by Article 28J, which allows the state to impose limitations on the public interest. Using a juridical-normative approach, this research investigates how Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa is embedded within Indonesia’s legal framework and how varying constitutional interpretations influence the realisation of religious freedom. The findings reveal that, although the 1945 Constitution formally guarantees religious freedom, its implementation is often obstructed by administrative requirements, such as the mandatory declaration of religion in official identification documents, that fall short of international human rights standards. The study argues that this inconsistency stems from restrictive legal interpretations and the lack of coherent implementation. It calls for a more inclusive and balanced interpretative framework that upholds both constitutional principles and international human rights norms. The study’s key academic contribution lies in elucidating the complex relationship between Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa and religious freedom, offering critical insights into the broader application of human rights within Indonesia’s constitutional order.

Habituation-Based Religious Character Education Grounded in Pancasila: Evidence from a Juvenile Correctional Setting in Indonesia

2025-05-19T15:18:47+07:00

The Reform Era of 1998, followed by rapid globalization and technological advancement, has profoundly affected the moral foundation of Indonesia’s younger generation. Data from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI, 2022) show that West Java ranks highest in child protection cases, contributing to the increasing number of juvenile offenders at the Class II Juvenile Correctional Institution (LPKA) in Bandung, particularly in cases involving sexual misconduct. This situation demands a character development strategy that transcends administrative correction and focuses on moral and spiritual formation grounded in Pancasila, especially its first principle, Belief in the One and Only God. This study aims to design and evaluate a religious character development strategy using a habituation method implemented through supplementary classes. Employing a mixed-methods exploratory sequential design, the research began with qualitative data collection through observation, interviews, and document analysis, followed by quantitative analysis using pre-test and post-test data examined through the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. The findings revealed that 29 out of 30 participants showed improved post-test scores, indicating significant positive changes in religious values, discipline, and spiritual awareness. These results confirm the effectiveness of the habituation-based strategy in fostering religious character and suggest that the model can be adopted by other juvenile correctional institutions to cultivate responsible, spiritually conscious youth with strong commitment to religious and national values.

The Hisab-Rukyat Method and Religious Tolerance: A Social Interpretation of Pancasila Values

2025-06-30T20:49:22+07:00

Differences in determining the beginning of Qamariyah months-especially Ramadan, Shawwal, and Dhu al-Hijjah-often lead to socio-religious dynamics in Indonesia. This phenomenon reflects the tension between hisab (astronomical calculation) and rukyat (direct observation), each rooted in distinct theological and epistemological traditions within Islam. This paper aims to explore how the differences between the hisab and rukyat methods can be socially interpreted as a reflection of religious tolerance in the framework of Pancasila ideology. The study employs a qualitative approach using library research and social interpretation analysis of normative texts and social practices. The findings indicate that variations in determining the start of the lunar month should not be seen as a source of conflict but rather as a space for dialogue and respect for religious diversity. Within the context of Pancasila-particularly the third and fifth principles-tolerance toward differing religious interpretations serves as a crucial foundation for social harmony and national integration. Thus, the hisab-rukyat methods possess not only astronomical and religious dimensions but also socio-political values that support cohesion in a pluralistic society.