It's been quite a while that I haven't written any new post on this blog, especially this front page of my Scribbles. However, I did write some posts in other sections of my blog (on Indian politics and Current Affairs).

Having returned to Indonesia in late December 2006, things started to evolve in a very quick pace for me. I decided to settle down into a family life and hence must start playing a new role as a bread winner for my family. New things, new responsibilities that needed swift adusjment. I am now expecting a new member of my little family this June.

Anyway, there have been tremendous changes in Indonesian politics ever since I set my feet back in my beloved country. I suddenly realized that watching Indonesia from abroad is totally different from watching it from a much closer view, from km. 0.0. This position, I believe, will give me more opportunity and ample chance to explore more on the socio-Political reality in Indonesia. Let's start with the Election fever in the wake of 2009 general elections.

Elections is only few months away (April 2009) and politicians have started penning their best strategies to win the elections. Candidates for the presidential race are already emerging. Sutiyoso, Sultan HBX, Akbar Tandjung are names that have started to circulate among the political parties as possible presidential candidates apart from the 2004 alumni like Megawati, Gus Dur and the incumbent SBY. However, it is still early to predict who will come up as a winner in the upcoming presidential elections.

As for the political parties, old timers like Golkar Party, PDIP or PPP must now formulate their best strategy to face the challenge from new forces like the PKS. Positive showing by the PKS in several local elections in which it came up as winner beating big parties like Golkar or PDI-P, must become early warning for these political parties. And for now, let's just wait and see what strategies are going to be adopted by political parties in order to gain the most vote from the elctorates in order to win the elections.

One thing should noted here however that whoever is going to win the elections next year must remember that Indonesia needs a change, a very positive change. Otherwise Indonesia will never be able to achieve her dreams as has been rightly stated in the Opening of the Indonesian Constitution.