Indonesian has played a crucial role in the history of Indonesia as a vital political state-making instrument. Upon Indonesian´s gaining independence, the revolutionary language of Sukarno and his circle was to inspire Indonesians to buidl the young republic and to resist its enemies – namely the West and the newly created Malaysia. With the establishment of General Suharto´s regime in 1965-1966 a change in foreign and domestic policy occurred, the consequence of which was a shift in the political use of Indonesian: from the language of revolution to the language of Pancasila – Indonesian´s state ideology. The result was a sort of „officialese“, full of bizzare neologisms and acronyms, made up to serve the regime. Acronyms have long been an Indonesian obsession in the field of politics and public administration and gradually have become part of the everyday language. Thus, even now, in the post-Suharto era, to understand Indonesian media and politicians, it takes not only a good command of Indonesian but also a thorough knowledge of the Indonesian political system and institutions., Tomáš Petrů., and Obsahuje seznam literatury