In the 2024 presidential election, the role of young people and millennials in determining the future of this country will be even more significant and prominent. The characteristics of this new generation are high idealism and concern, creative and innovative.
JAKARTA | KBA – “Each region has different problems and challenges. No region is the same, but they can learn from each other and find solutions from similar situations and conditions,” said Anies Baswedan when he underlined the necessity of change through ‘Bawa Idemu!’ (or bring your ideas).
The NasDem Party presidential candidate believes that awareness of change always starts with young people who are restless. The restlessness, he said, is the coal for the creation of change.
According to Anies, it must be tested with related ideas, ideas and problems. “Each region has different problems and challenges. No region is the same,” said Anies in a video uploaded to his Twitter account @bawa_ide, which was quoted by KBA News, Thursday, January 5, 2023.
Anies explained that the idea he brought could be a solution or way out for each region in Indonesia. He invited the nation’s youth to bring ideas. “Be part of the change,” he said.
The @bawa_ide account invites young people to write essay-style writing. Writing requirements are 500 to 1,000 words and videos are 60 seconds long. The issues that can be raised are those in each region in Indonesia. Prospective participants can upload ideas via the bit.ly/ayobawaide link.
Incoming ideas will be selected and invited to Jakarta to be discussed with the best ideas throughout Indonesia. The committee will carry out the selection process from 22 to 27 January.
Selected participants will be announced on January 28 2023 and they will be invited to come to Jakarta.
The @bawa_ide account previously held the first discussion with the theme “Civil liberties and should we revise the ITE Law?” on November 11, 2022. According to data, ITE cases that occurred in 2020 there were 84 criminal cases.
This is four times the number of criminal cases that occurred in 2019. Of the 84 cases, 64 were submitted to the criminal justice system.
“I invite you, young people from all over Indonesia, to gather and discuss ideas about the problems that exist in your area,” said Anies Baswedan as quoted by KBA News, Jakarta, Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
According to this scholar who graduated from the United States, restlessness is the fuel for change. He is then tested when colliding with ideas, ideas and other concerns.
“So that anxiety is then tested, collided with what? With ideas, with proposal, and with other concerns,” he said.
This is because each region has different problems and challenges from other regions. However, ideas you bring can also be a solution not only for your region but also for other regions,” he said.
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