Pancasila Youth
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Pancasila Youth | |
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Pemuda Pancasila | |
Size | 3,000,000 (2012) |
Website | pemuda-pancasila |
The Pancasila Youth (
History
The organization officially dates its foundation as 28 October 1959 as the youth wing of the League of Supporters of Indonesian Independence party, which had been established by General Abdul Haris Nasution to promote the political interests of the Indonesian Army. This was shortly after President Sukarno's decree restoring the 1945 Constitution, which the military supported, and which the Pemuda Pancasila was to "back up".[10][11][12][13] There is some ambiguity as to the actual founding date, and it is possible that 28 October was decided on retrospectively as it is the anniversary of the 1928 Youth Pledge. Spego Goni became the organization's chairman in 1961[14] In 1962, he proposed sending Pemuda Pancasila members to fight for "liberation" of
Currently Yapto Soerjosoemarno is the leader of this organization,[16] and was one of the semi-official political gangster (preman) groups that supported the New Order military dictatorship of Suharto.
In The Act of Killing, it is stated that the organization currently has three million members. National membership estimates from the late 1990s ranged from four to ten million people.[16]
In May 2020, the Bekasi chapter of the Pancasila Youth mailed out letters to prominent local businesspeople asking for Tunjangan Hari Raya in exchange for "peace and security". The Bekasi Police demanded the chapter retract the letter.[17]
Notable members
- Ahmad Riza Patria[18]
- Anwar Congo[19][20]
- Bambang Soesatyo[18]
- La Nyalla Mattalitti[18]
- Tjahjo Kumolo[18]
- Yapto Soerjosoemarno
- Zainudin Amali[18]
- Klemen Tinal
- Yorrys Raweyai
See also
- Indonesian killings of 1965–66
- Pancasila (politics)
- Patriot Party (Indonesia)
- Red guards
- Colectivo (Venezuela)
- Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
- Tonton Macoute
- Ku Klux Klan
- Hitler Youth
- Zaitokukai
References
- ^ Inside Indonesia, ed. (1999). Inside Indonesia, Issues 57-68. Inside Indonesia, Indonesia Resources and Information Programme. p. 19.
- ISBN 9789004361676.
- ISBN 9781134072385.
- ISBN 9781501719042.
- ISBN 9789814620833.
Prabowo has accepted support from and declared his willingness to work with such organizations as the (notorious) radical Islamic group Front Pembela Islam (Defenders of Islam Front) and the ultra-nationalist Pemuda Pancasila
- ^ "Indonesia film on mass killings stirs debate". AlJazeera. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Jason Crouthamel, Julia Barbara Köhne & Peter Leese 2021, pp. 317.
- ISBN 9780691196497.
- ^ Hidayatulah, Syarif (18 August 2022). "Aksi Oknum PP Lakukan Pungli Ternyata Lokasinya di Jalur Alternatif ke Puncak". pakuanraya.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Ryter 1998, p. 52.
- Jakarta Post. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ISBN 9780742540118.
- OCLC 1037946788.
- ^ Ryter 1998, p. 54.
- ^ Ryter 1998, pp. 54–56.
- ^ a b Youth Gangs and Otherwise in Indonesia Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine; RYTER, Loren, University of Michigan; presented at the Global Gangs Workshop, 14–15 May 2009
- ^ Mawardi, Isal. "Pemuda Pancasila Buka Suara soal Permintaan THR ke Pengusaha Bekasi". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ^ a b c d e Indriani, Syifa (26 November 2021). Sani, Ahmad Faiz Ibnu (ed.). "Deretan Pengurus Pemuda Pancasila yang Jadi Pejabat Negara". tempo.co.
- ^ Rasyid, Muhammad Anil (26 October 2019). "Anwar Congo Penjagal PKI dari Medan Meninggal Dunia". Tribun Medan.
- ^ "Anti-PKI death squad leader Anwar Congo dies at 78". The Jakarta Post. 27 October 2019.
Further reading
- Ryter, Loren (October 1998). "Pemuda Pancasila: The Last Loyalist Free Men of Suharto's Order" (PDF). Indonesia. 66 (66): 45–73. S2CID 155427381. Retrieved 1 June 2013.