Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The campaign team of Gerindra Party's presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto filed on Monday a police report against…
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July 15, 2014
Jakarta – A senior member of Prabowo Subianto's election team has said that the award-winning US journalist Allan Nairn will be reported to police…
July 14, 2014
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The terrorist convict and spiritual leader of the region's extremist network, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, has instructed his…
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The controversial endorsement of the Legislative Institution Law, also known as the MD3 Law, has drawn criticism…
Angga Yudha Pratomo – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto held a press conference after attending a declaration of a permanent…
Haeril Halim/Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Bandung – As the General Elections Commission (KPU) continued with its tabulation of the July 9 presidential…
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Many have criticized the Gerindra Party-led coalition's presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's decision to…
Max Lane – According to the majority of polling institutions that carried out "quick counts" on 9 July, Joko Widodo won 52-53 percent of the vote…
Jacqui Baker – Three institutions take centre stage this week: the national election commission [KPU], the elections supervisory body [Bawaslu]…
July 13, 2014
Sam Reeves, Jakarta – Indonesia faces a long period of uncertainty after last week's disputed presidential election, analysts warn – raising fears…
Fransiska Nangoy and Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Indonesia's young democracy faces its biggest challenge since emerging from decades of autocratic…
Jakarta – The Gerindra Party Jakarta-chapter central executive board chairman, Muhamad Taufik, said candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa…
Helen Brown Indonesia and wires – The campaign team for one of Indonesia's presidential contenders has called on former US President Bill Clinton…
July 12, 2014
Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said that the next president will have to deal with seven cases of gross human…
Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Saturday said it would question Indonesian Democratic Party of…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the House of Representatives' recent revision of the Legal Institution Law, known…
Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has encouraged the National Police to adopt presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's…
Michael Bachelard – The strongman candidate for Indonesia's presidency, Prabowo Subianto, has established a "very good" relationship with the…
Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto scolded a number of journalists, from online to television, when he was about to be interviewed…
Hasyim Widhiarto and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Several Indonesian pollsters were on the receiving end of threats and intimidation on Friday…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After being ridiculed by the public for using dubious pollsters to back up its claim of winning the July 9…
Yeremia Sukoyo, Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Two of Indonesia's preeminent reform organizations have called for citizens…
Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – With both presidential candidates claiming victory in Wednesday's election based on…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Headlines – After two days of recapitulation from polling stations, recapitulation documents scanned and uploaded on the…
Kate Lamb, Jakarta – On election night in the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesians had the surreal option of tuning into alternative…
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) has filed a report with the National…
Hamish McDonald – Will a vote away from elite patronage-based leadership ease Indonesia's often-touchy relationship with Australia?
When…
July 11, 2014
Yohanes Sulaiman – Despite an ineffectual campaign by Indonesia's Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Jakarta governor Joko Widodo won Indonesia…
Andrew Thornley – In the immediate aftermath of Indonesia's presidential election, there has been intense scrutiny of not only a rack of quick…
Jakarta – The White House has congratulated the people of Indonesia on a successful presidential election that saw strong public participation and…
Anggi M. Lubis and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Shares of the companies that own the tvOne and Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) networks plunged on…
Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Observers have questioned the credibility of four pollsters who called Wednesday's presidential election for…
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The future of a bill ratifying the United Nations convention against involuntary disappearances is hanging by a…
Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's team has come out swinging in Indonesia's disputed presidential election, insisting it is ahead in…
Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has lambasted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for not taking into consideration the…
Margareth S. Aritonang, Headlines – The presumptive victory of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla in the July 9 presidential…
Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met on Thursday with dozens of foreign journalists and correspondents in…
July 10, 2014
Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Anxious observers of Indonesian politics had hoped that the winner of Wednesday's presidential election might enjoy a…
Natalie Craig – East Timor has never made a film, never told its story or seen the faces of its people on the silver screen – until this year.…
Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle presidential candidate Joko Widodo, the apparent winner of Wednesday election according to most…
Andrew Janes, Yudith Ho & Harry Suhartono – Indonesian stocks rose to a one-year high and the rupiah touched the strongest level in seven…
Edward Aspinall and Marcus Mietzner – Let's be clear about one thing: Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has won Indonesia's 9 July presidential election. If…
The Indonesian people have voted. Although the results will not be finalized for several weeks, most "quick count" exit polls show that Jakarta…
Erwin Sihombing & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Parliamentary watchdogs have lashed out at political parties supporting presidential candidate…
Michael Bachelard – All credible observers now agree that Joko Widodo has won the Indonesian presidential election and will be the first post-…
Josua Gantan – Both presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo have declared themselves the winner of what had been the tightest…
July 9, 2014
An academic specialising in West Papua says Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo is likely to be more Papua friendly than his opponent…
Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The ethics council of a pollsters' group in Indonesia will begin an investigation into two polling stations that…
Andreas Jakobsen – Denmark has since 2004 supported an Indonesian police academy (JCLEC) where the country's controversial elite unit Detachment…
Jim Della-Giacoma – Indonesians will head to the polls to decide their next president today. The scene is set, with military strongman Prabowo…




