[2] As ideology unique to Indonesia, efforts to preserve, educate, and develop of Pancasila have been carried out since the 1950s.

[3] However, in 1959, attempts for Pancasila preservation started to become skewed in practice and used as political tool for gaining the support for ruling regime.

[4] This manifesto resulted in Pancasila mixed together with leftist ideologies and being used as tool for perpetuation of Sukarno administration.

After the Manipol USDEK ideology was enshrined thru Provisional People's Consultative Assembly Resolution No.

[5][6] As a tool for its development, the Supreme Advisory Council (Indonesian: Dewan Pertimbangan Agung, DPA) was used to socialize and promote Manipol USDEK as the defacto national principle.

[5] The need of Pancasila preservation become intensified after the 30 September Movement, after Suharto concluded that Pancasila was no longer practiced by Indonesian population, thus "Communism/Marxism-Leninism" (sic, official state terminology) was raised as contender and challenged the state ideology.

27/1999 due to its connections to Suharto - and his interpretation of the ideology, Resolution 2/MPR/1978, as too authoritarian and anti-democratic, as well as unadaptable to current circumstances.

[14] In occasion of 2022 Pancasila Day celebration, on 3 June 2022, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology announced that Pancasila studies officially returned to all level of Indonesia education system after being removed since reformasi.

[16][15] The ministry, through its Agency of Education Standards, Curriculum, and Assessments (Indonesian: Badan Standar, Kurikulum, dan Asesmen Pendidikan, BSKAP) announced that the books will be used for new mandatory course Pancasila studies, replaced the previous modeled civic studies course.