Garuda Pancasila

by wetrustone - uploaded on August 30, 2023, 9:49 am

The national symbol of Indonesia is the Garuda Pancasila with the motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. The national symbol of Indonesia is in the form of a Garuda bird with its head turned to the right heraldic side, a heart-shaped shield hanging from a chain around Garuda's neck, and the motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika which means "Diverse but still one" is written on the ribbon held by Garuda. This emblem was designed by a technical committee called the State Badge Committee and chaired by Sultan Hamid II of Pontianak. Then it was perfected by President Soekarno and its use as a national symbol was inaugurated for the first time at the Cabinet Meeting of the Republic of Indonesia on February 11, 1950.

The Garuda Pancasila symbol was first regulated for its use in Government Regulation No. 43 of 1958 and amended with the enactment of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 24 of 2009 to implement Article 36A of the 1945 Constitution