It’s not an exaggeration to suggest that Jokowi was speaking on behalf of the world community who long for peace in Middle East.

For the first time since the fall of the authoritarian New Order in 1998, legitimate concerns have loomed over the integrity of the election.

Voters, and the public will continue to be alienated from our foreign and defense policies, which are supposed to represent or protect the interests of the nation.

Evidence from the trials of corrupt officials and other criminals show how many banks and money changers still engage in transactions with customers even though their profiles do not conform with the value and size of the transactions.

After all, we already have three candidate pairs registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU), which is expected to officially announce later this week that the three are eligible to run. 

It is thus important that the youth squad is given its moment to shine at the World Cup, especially because there is no youth class at the club level in Indonesia.

All three presidential candidates have promised GDP growth of 6 to 7 percent, as Jokowi did in the past.

Indonesian people should be proud of the humanitarian work of the hospital, and the sacrifice of its medical workers and volunteers.

Anwar has been removed from his position as the court’s chief justice and barred from handling election-related cases.

It is almost certain that President Jokowi will table the ongoing war in Gaza in his conversation with his host, who is likely to persuade Jokowi to soften Indonesia’s stance on Israel’s genocidal acts in Gaza.

With the Fed having held rates steady for second time in a row, analysts say the central bank might leave them unchanged in December as well, creating calm for emerging market currencies such as our own until the end of the year.

Self-suffiency is a noble goal, but let's not force the issue if the expertise isn't available domestically, lest we end up creating another snarl with what was supposed to be a public transit solution.

More importantly, these attacks kill helpless and innocent children – more than 3,000 in the span of three weeks, according to the latest figures.

The President is said to have mobilized his apparatchiks to pave the way for his eldest son, who now leads Surakarta, to contest the election.

From the fire incident, we now know how poor waste management can cause not only environmental and health hazards, but also pose security and safety threats.

As most of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s cabinet ministers will be preoccupied with the political agenda of their respective political parties, the fiscal and monetary authorities will be practically the sole management of the economy.

Indonesia's para athletes have taken their game to the Asian level, leaving us reeling in awe at their performance and achievements.

The pairing of Prabowo and Gibran could not have been more incongruous, but parties in the ruling coalition obviously think that this is their best shot at winning next year’s presidential poll.

There has been a tendency among the Western media to focus on Israel's suffering while ignoring the decades-long violence the nation has committed against the Palestinian people.

We fully support the investigation, for there are clear indications that Anwar may have committed an ethics violation.

The fair price mechanism should be upheld especially because over 70 percent of Indonesia’s CPO supplies are controlled by only eight to 10 business groups.

Developing countries prefer to borrow from China because it simply means business and does not take elements like human rights, press freedom, and economic liberalization into account.

It's a blood sport with very little in the way of rules or regulations and as we ourselves witnessed earlier this week, whatever was left of the rules of the game was dismantled to make way for a vulgar display of power.

Jokowi has admitted to playing an active role in defining the course of the upcoming presidential election for the good of the nation, but the Constitutional Court’s ruling early this week only indicates the opposite.

Experts have pointed to the distorting effect of subsidies, known as a misallocation of resources, meaning that funds do not go where they are most useful.

Next year, the youth vote will be just as important as the Muslim vote or the Javanese vote.

The Constitutional Court is now at the nadir of its credibility and can no longer function as a guardian of the Constitution.

In the midst of growing opposition toward increased dynastic politics, the Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that anyone who has been elected to a regional post can run in a presidential election, regardless of age, clearing the path for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's eldest son Gibran Rakabuming Raka to join the ticket of Gerindra Party presumptive presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto in next year's ballot.

It would be unfair to use the civil servant salary increase as a pretext to demand a minimum wage hike since the government decided to raise the wage of civil servants, military personnel and pensioners after a four-year moratorium, while the private-sector minimum wage has increased every year.

One of the main reasons for Indonesia's high level of death sentences is President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's "zero-tolerance" policy against drugs.