Christmas Ahead of Political Years

Thinking about the political years should not necessarily lead to a halt in all other activities until the political years pass.

Kompas/Rony Ariyanto Nugroho

Sonjaya, 47, arranges Christmas tree ornaments made of discs at Jemaat Pasundan Church in Depok, West Java, Thursday (21/12).

Thinking about the political years in 2018 and 2019 should not necessarily lead to a halt in all other activities until the political years pass.

The political years, which will be marked by the holding of 171 regional elections and preparations for the presidential elections in 2019, are ordinary things.  In August 2018 the map of competition in the presidential elections will have been drawn up. It will not only be in that year regional elections will be held in Indonesia. Through the democratic process, changes at the top occur. The people will be sovereign in electing their leaders. This is a time of democracy, which should be greatly celebrated.