SINGARAJA – dawnbali.com | Commemorating Pancasila Sanctity Day, 1 October 2020, the Department of Law and Citizenship, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Ganesha Education University (FHIS-Undiksha), Singaraja, held a National Seminar entitled “Higher Education in the Vortex of Democratic Pragmatism: Measuring the Role of Academics to Strengthen the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia”.
This virtual national seminar via the Zoom application was also broadcast live on the institution’s official YouTube page. Presenting speakers, Professor of Criminal Law at UGM, Yogyakarta, Prof. Dr. Eddy O.S. Hiariej, S.H., M.Hum., and Deputy Chancellor II Undiksha Prof. Dr. I Wayan Lasmawan, M.Pd., successfully attracted the attention of 800 participants, both internal community members, legal practitioners, academics and the general public. This proves that the COVID-19 pandemic has not hindered the implementation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education at Undiksha.
On that occasion, Prof. Dr. Eddy O.S. Hiariej, S.H., M.Hum., explained material related to higher education, democracy, and the Republic of Indonesia. First, he said, universities are a source of knowledge consisting of people who are educated, intellectual, and have integrity. According to him, lecturers have the task of educating and directing students. Meanwhile, students are agents of change who will determine the future fate of the nation.
Furthermore, regarding the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. Eddy put forward three nodes, namely, Pancasila, the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution, and Diversity. He is of the view that the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution should not be changed because the goals and ideals of the state are contained in it. Likewise, Pancasila as the basis of the state is a state consensus, extracted from the customs and culture of Indonesian society.
Diversity is reflected in the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila, even in its drafting it was carried out by figures representing all regions of Indonesia, for example, Sumatra, Java, East Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara including Bali. Furthermore, concerning democracy, in principle, it is from, by, and for the people.
“This means that we are the ones who determine the future direction of this nation and state. Through general elections, we elect representatives and leaders who will hold power. “For this reason, intelligence and wisdom are needed in selecting the nation’s best sons who will lead this country,” concluded the man who was appointed as an expert in the 2019 Presidential Election Dispute hearing at the Constitutional Court Building.
The next speaker, Prof. Dr. I Wayan Lasmawan, M.Pd., who is also the General Chair of the Indonesian Vice Chancellors Forum, presented the material “Restoration of the Campus World for Strengthening the Unitary Republic of Indonesia Towards an Advanced Indonesia”. Lasmawan emphasized that history has proven the role of the world of education in freeing Indonesia from the shackles of colonialism, both physical and intellectual colonialism.
“Higher education with all its components is one part of this great struggle; “whether through campus politics or other intellectual and learned movements in supporting the Indonesian national movement,” said Prof. Lasmawan.
Prof. Lasmawan explained, the role of universities in humanizing humans, education is a process to return humans to the concept of their nature, namely to humanize humans. In essence, higher education has been equipped with a central role in Indonesian national education, namely the Tri Darma of Higher Education.
According to him, the Tri Dharma of Higher Education is one of the goals that must be achieved and carried out by every university in Indonesia. Higher education should produce young people or educated people who have high enthusiasm, creative thinking and are independent, and innovative so they can build the nation in various sectors according to their abilities.
Still said Prof. Lasmawan, the intellectual climate is its benchmark in seeing whether or not a discourse is formed in a particular area of power. Discourse can function well if its position is used as a pivot for change, or say, political considerations in determining policy by the government.
In a work process like this, intellectual figures must appear at the forefront as the nation’s saviors. Campuses as supporters of a democratic society also have a responsibility to strengthen the Unitary Republic of Indonesia. This is the time for the campus as an educated community to restore the authority and honor of politics and democracy which were tarnished by bandits and political adventurers.
“Campus-educated people must come closer and restore the honor of Indonesian politics. “Campus-educated people must return to being the main producers of intelligent people in the Indonesian political arena,” stressed Prof. Lasmawan.
For your information, Ni Putu Rai Yuliartini, S.H., M.H., who is the Coordinator of Legal Studies, acted as chairman of the seminar committee. Before starting, he first delivered a report, followed by remarks from the Head of the Law and Citizenship Department, Dr. Dewa Gede Sudika Mangku, S.H., LL.M, and Dean of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences Prof, Dr. Sukadi, M.Pd., M.Ed., as well as opening a national seminar. (Where)
