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Jakarta – The House of Representatives has dropped an article that was set to ban lawmakers appearing publicly for entertainment purposes.

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Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – With more than 100 regional elections scheduled for next year, members of the opposition Red-and-White Coalition are at loggerheads over a new proposal that

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite its pledge to support the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on direct regional elections, the opposition Red-and-White Coalition has indi

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Following internal fissures within member parties of the Red-and-White Coalition and growing support for direct elections, the parties are now eyeing becomin

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Kennial Caroline Laia & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The Democratic Party's ambiguous stance in Indonesian politics came as no surprise to political experts, who said the decision has pr

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Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed his anger over Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's declaration that Golkar

Jakarta – A plenary session of the House of Representatives unanimously agreed on Friday to pass an amendment to the Legislative Institutions (MD3) Law, ending a two-month legislative s

Jakarta – The Golkar Party's re-election of Aburizal Bakrie for another five-year term as chairman appears to have dashed any hopes the ruling coalition of President Joko Widodo had of

Robertus Wardi & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – The Democratic Party said it would not support calls by members of the majority Red-White Coalition, or KMP, in the House of Representatives

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After refusing to meet demands from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)-led Great Indonesia Coalition, the Red-and-White Coalition has agre

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Jakarta – The pro-government minority in the House of Representatives has lowered its demand for some control over the legislature as the rift continues.

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Jakarta – The two rivaling coalitions in the House of Representatives have agreed to set aside their differences, according to the leader of the legislative body.

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The simmering power struggle between two opposing coalitions in the House of Representatives is threatening to seriously disrupt the government's

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Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives forged ahead on Wednesday with the selection of commission and committee leaders, despite a boycott from the five-party Awes

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The opposition to President-elect Joko Widodo on Wednesday managed to score a narrow victory, which completed the bloc's attempt

Jakarta – Supreme Court Chief Justice Hatta Ali swore in Zulkifli Hasan of the National Mandate Party (PAN) as the speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) for the 2014-2019

Jakarta – Centre for Strategic and International Studies political expert J Kristiadi said that the United Development Party (PPP) should understand with "political acrobat" played by i

Jakarta – The Red-and-White coalition of Prabowo Subianto is set to gain control of the leadership of the People's Consultative Assembly, or MPR, in a plenary session today after sweepi

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – After successfully securing the leadership of the House of Representatives with the political factions of the Red-and-White Coalition, the Democratic Party is now

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Coalition of the defeated presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, is planning to cap foreign investment in the country's banking, mining

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The appointment of the Golkar Party's Setya Novanto as speaker of the House of Representatives elicited disappointment in the general public and concern

Hasyim Widhiarto and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Overnight, Golkar Party lawmaker and newly inaugurated House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto may have found himself becoming the mo

Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy chairman Edhy Prabowo has expressed disappointment over criticism by Abraham Samad, the chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), of Setya

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Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo faces a hostile parliament and an uphill battle to govern after parties loyal to his opponent, Prabowo Subianto, vote

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Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Lawmakers at the House of Representatives ended their tenure Tuesday leaving a string of appalling legacies, with the recent and most devastating being their

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) attempt to secure the House speaker post has collapsed with the Constitutional Court's (MK) rejection of its judicial rev

Jakarta – Lawmakers passed the child protection bill into law after months of deliberation, delivering substantial changes to the previous law on child protection, Law 23 of 2003.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – With only two weeks remaining in the five-year term of Democratic Party lawmaker Himmatul Alyah Setiawaty, she admits there is only a slim chance that the re