Winning Signs

THE contest should have ended. According to the quick counts of seven credible survey groups, Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla won the presidential election by about 5 percent over their rivals Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa.

The provisional victory, which still needs to be verified by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on July 22, was enthusiastically welcomed. We should rejoice that one day after the election, the stock index went up by 73 percent, the highest since the campaign began. The rupiah exchange rate gained 52 points, the best throughout the election period.

July 15, 2014