The Politics of Hope
Indonesia needs the politics of hope to replace the politics of fear or the politics of darkness. It is time for the public officials to build the politics of hope before it is too late and things get worse.
Azyumardi Azra
A drawn-out crisis that was initially local and quickly became global requires the politics of hope. Hope is dwindling in the face of a protracted financial, economic and political crisis, fading further as the Covid-19 situation remains resolved. In July, Indonesia was dubbed the new global epicenter of Covid-19 by international media, as it became the country with the most daily cases and deaths.
The Covid-19 pandemic, according to the findings of a Kompas R&D survey in July, has suppressed the people to the lowest point of vulnerability. The psychosocial condition of the people is no less worrying (Kompas, 26/7/2021).