Spirit of "Sumpah Pemuda 1928"

On October 1928, the Indonesian youth were gathered and declared the willpower as a part of Indonesian citizens. On that moment, Indonesian youth declared: had a one motherland, Indonesia motherland; had a one nation, Indonesian nation; and had a one language, Indonesian language. The formulation of this statement then was well known as Sumpah Pemuda, which became the symbol in struggling for Indonesian independence.

                It was 83 years since the declaration of Sumpah Pemuda and it was 66 years since the independence of Indonesian nation. But, the spirit of Sumpah Pemuda that has been becoming a spirit to struggle for Indonesian independence slowly is losing its power in effort to defending Indonesia. The new form of colonization is happening in Indonesia right now. Corruptions, injustice, foreign domination in Indonesian economic and politic have created many problems such as poverty, unemployment, stupidity, social conflict, disintegration issues, and social apathy. This situations describe that the independence of Indonesia just the apparent independence where most of Indonesian people difficulty to reach the access to the source of prosperity.

                The Indonesian youth pessimist and be pragmatic to the nation development because of various problems in Indonesia. Most of the Indonesian youth focused on their private interest to reach their own pleasure and succeed. There are just a little bit of the youth that give their attention to the nation development with doing various efforts to develop and defend the nation independence. Now, there is no more the spirit of the youth when overthrew the new order dictator regime. The crisis is happening in this nation, and the spirits of the youth are needed to save the Indonesia nation.

                Hopefully, the spirit of Sumpah Pemuda 1928 always becomes the guidance for the Indonesian youth in defending the Indonesian Independence. The Indonesian youth have to be realize from their dream soon and start to criticize the situation in Indonesia. The optimism and togetherness of the youth are needed so that the battle against various problems in Indonesia could be succeed, especially in the battle against the corrupt regime. I believe, with the spirit of Sumpah Pemuda 1928, the Indonesian youth could save Indonesia.