OPINION

IO - It was brief and succinct: the vision of Prabowo Subianto (PS), as expressed last night (14/01/2019) is simply that “Indonesia is strong and dignified”. This vision would later evolve into “Indonesia Wins”,...

IO - Prabowo Subianto’s speech resounded throughout the Archipelago. Tens, even hundreds of millions bore witness to the speech presenting his Vision and Mission. Prabowo is an amazing orator, worthy of the title "the...

IO - Throughout 2018, there was a perpetual media blitz of our august President Joko Widodo inaugurating glorious new infrastructure projects. At the start of the year, Joko Widodo showed up in Lampung, to...

IO - A few years ago, an international research project, the World Values Survey, undertook the massive task of interviewing 400,000 people in almost 100 countries.   Studying global trends and changes in beliefs and...

IO - To start, let us make clear that on 2 January 2019 the Ministry of Finance issued a brief, dense, yet incomprehensible Performance Report and Realization of the 2018 State Budget. Therefore, we...

IO - Many observers wonder why the people apparently no longer want to be led by Jokowi. “Why do people not approve of the President?” It is frankly not too difficult to answer this question....

IO - Political parties are a main pillar of democracy. There is no country that can be called “democratic” unless it has multiple political parties. Theoretically, political parties channel the aspirations of the people,...

IO - Since Jokowi came into power in 2014, some of the Muslims in Indonesia have felt political, legal, business, and even security threats. It all started with the alleged blasphemy spouted by Ahok,...

IO - When we look at how Jokowi faces his opponents, we see a consistent thread: he first acquires his political opponents, then uses them to counter-attack the opposition. He lets his opponent fight...

IO - State-owned Enterprise debt per September 2018 stood at more than Rp 5,271 trillion. According to data from unaudited books, the debt level has increased Rp 3,008 trillion from the 2016 figure of...

In Indonesia a person may be imprisoned for insult despite telling the truth. IO - On the 28th of November television host and environmental activist, Irma Hutabarat was questioned by the Indonesian cyber police with...