Jakarta, (Antara) - The constitutions of both Indonesia and the United States reflect tolerance and respect for diversity, a spokesperson of the US Embassy in Jakarta has said.
"Indonesia and the US are the second and third largest democracy in the world, we both have traditions of tolerance and respect for different religions and cultures," said John Johnson, who is a spokesperson for the US Embassy to Indonesia during a breakfasting event hosted by the US Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph R Donovan in his Jakarta residence on Wednesday evening.
He further said that the values of respect towards all religions, cultures and races are reflected in both the US' and Indonesia's constitutions, as well as Indonesia's five principles of the Pancasila.
Pancasila itself is the word that embodies the nation's ideology and philosophy and it includes a Divinity that is an ultimate unity, a just and civilized humanity, the national unity of Indonesia, democracy predicated on the inherent wisdom of unanimity arising from deliberation among popular representatives and
social justice for all people of Indonesia.
In light of the commemoration of the Pancasila birth day, that fell on June 1, Johnson said that Indonesia and the US have these principles as one of their common grounds, and that the same values are also reflected in the countries' mottos.
"E Pluribus Unum (the US' traditional motto) means 'out of many, one' and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Indonesia's state motto) means strength in diversity. It is basically the same meaning and that is what the US and Indonesia have in common," he remarked.(*)
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"Indonesia and the US are the second and third largest democracy in the world, we both have traditions of tolerance and respect for different religions and cultures," said John Johnson, who is a spokesperson for the US Embassy to Indonesia during a breakfasting event hosted by the US Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph R Donovan in his Jakarta residence on Wednesday evening.
He further said that the values of respect towards all religions, cultures and races are reflected in both the US' and Indonesia's constitutions, as well as Indonesia's five principles of the Pancasila.
Pancasila itself is the word that embodies the nation's ideology and philosophy and it includes a Divinity that is an ultimate unity, a just and civilized humanity, the national unity of Indonesia, democracy predicated on the inherent wisdom of unanimity arising from deliberation among popular representatives and
social justice for all people of Indonesia.
In light of the commemoration of the Pancasila birth day, that fell on June 1, Johnson said that Indonesia and the US have these principles as one of their common grounds, and that the same values are also reflected in the countries' mottos.
"E Pluribus Unum (the US' traditional motto) means 'out of many, one' and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Indonesia's state motto) means strength in diversity. It is basically the same meaning and that is what the US and Indonesia have in common," he remarked.(*)
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