Camelia Pasandaran – The nation's capital has handed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his running mate Boediono a landslide result in the presidential elections, with the incumben

Camelia Pasandaran – Still crying foul over the July 8 presidential election, runner-up Megawati Sukarnoputri will likely refuse to sign the final official results slated to be announce

Febriamy Hutapea – After taking a long, hard look at its back-to-back defeats in the recent polls, Golkar Party leaders have indicated that the party would accept its failures and would

Jakarta – While trailing presidential candidates have claimed the July 8 presidential election process was "flawed and unfair", the latest survey results from the Indonesian Survey Inst

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle gave its chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri full power during its national leadership meeting in Jakarta on Wednesda

Jakarta – Following the Golkar Party's poor showing in the April 9 legislative election and outright defeat in the July 8 presidential election, the party's younger members have demande

Jakarta – Political experts had mixed opinions on the possibility of a return of the Soeharto clan to Indonesian politics through the Golkar Party.

Jakarta – Political experts have called on the likely presidential election winner, incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to streamline the "redundant" Cabinet if re-elected by

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Advocating Team for the People's Right to Vote (TAHPR) urged the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Sunday to organize another election for the million

Jakarta – Like the classic Bible story about "The prodigal son", incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is very likely to embrace the Golkar Party back into his coalition, should

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Party stalwarts and political analysts agree now is the right time for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to conduct a serious evaluation of

Febriamy Hutapea – Calls are growing within the divided National Mandate Party for a change of leadership, as the party tries to cozy up to the coalition aligned with President Susilo B

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – There is no such thing as weekend downtime for the teams of defeated presidential candidates former president Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Ka

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A civil society group in Aceh has said Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election will place the Acehnese people in an unfavorable position.

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – Party officials who supported President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign have already begun jostling for positions in his Cabinet, weeks before the official re

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – The presidential election may have been widely regarded as being largely free and fair, but the electoral count was still prone to fraud due to the recent Constit

Hotli Simanjuntak and Andi Hajramurni, Banda Aceh/Makassar – Incumbent President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the majority of votes in several previously conflict-torn provinces that w

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ferry Irwanto – The Golkar Party, which has suffered two consecutive electoral defeats this year, is facing a worsening internal rift as calls increase to

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Retired army general Prabowo Subianto has threatened legal action after coming second in Indonesia's presidential elections, which he branded "far from de

Febriamy Hutapea & Nivell Rayda – Despite predictions that the current crop of political parties will seek young, fresh politicians untainted by the New Order regime to run in the n

Ferry Irwanto, Febriamy Hutapea & Heru Andriyanto – Jusuf Kalla's poor performance in the presidential election has prompted several leaders of his Golkar Party to call on him to st

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will lead the country for another five years, starting in October, after a massive victory in national elect

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was on course for a thumping victory in Indonesia's presidential elections, as voters yesterday overwhelmingly endorsed another

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesians have opted for certainty in their lives over the next five years.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The candidates spent Tuesday, the final day before their fates are decided, keeping busy, but with very different, and somewhat chara

Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri won the most votes from her polling station in Kebagusan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday morning, but some people registered to vote failed to turn up.

Jakarta – The majority of votes made at a polling station near the residence of presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla in Central Jakarta have been won by his rival, incumbent President Sus

Muhamad Al Azhari & Ardian Wibisono – The business community welcomed quick-count poll figures suggesting that incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, had easily won a second

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Early unofficial results in Indonesia's presidential election have Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono being returned to office for a second five-year term.

Olivia Rondonuwu and Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Complaints of voter list irregularities by the two challengers for Indonesia's presidency soured the mood on the eve of elections on Tuesd

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Febriamy Hutapea & Ferry Irwanto – The Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that eligible voters not on the final voters list for

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The presidential and vice presidential debates, particularly on the peace-maker issue, have considerably influenced the Acehnese and led them to rethink

Febriamy Hutapea, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Presidential candidates, politicians and analysts broadly welcomed Monday's Constitutional Court ruling aimed

Jakarta – A survey released Saturday has revealed presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto benefited the most from the series of televised debates ran for the fir

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's rivals in next week's presidential election claim the incumbent is clutching at straws to retain his presidency, after Yudhoyono's recent

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Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is still the favorite to win next week's presidential election, says the latest survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Sealing a political contract with a labor association is no guarantee of automatic support from the voters that constitute that group, a discussion heard Frid

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court announced Friday the media were allowed to publish any election-related news during the campaign-free period between July 5 and 7, prior to the July 8

Dicky Christanto and Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Jusuf Kalla criticized his rival Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his frequently aired campaign ads calling for a single-rou

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's replacement at the helm of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle may not necessarily come from the Sukarno family line, the matr

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri, who has placed well behind Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in recent polls, has blamed the incumbent president's "selective" policy on combati

Nivel Rayda, Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Swords were finally crossed as a political ad became the center of a heated argument between two of the presidential candid

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Febriamy Hutapea – A statement made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's spokesman and campaign team member Andi Mallarangeng sparked protests in Makass

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Boediono, incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's running mate, formally turned down an offer from the chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party to acco

Anita Rachman – Religious figures have urged the presidential candidates, their campaign teams and supporters to cease politicizing religion, saying it was demeaning and had the potenti

Jakarta – The results of a new survey released Tuesday show Jakartans preferred a single-round presidential election because they thought a second round would be a waste of money.

Previously secret US State Department documents implicate the President of Indonesia in a probable cover-up of an ambush in West Papua.

Arlina Arshad – The saccharine world of Indonesian pop music is being rocked by a new wave of underground bands that aren't afraid to take aim at the country's political elite ahead of

Adianto P Simamora, Jakarta – On Tuesday, the final round of debates between vice presidential candidates ended without any surprises, with only Boediono and Prabowo Subianto exchanging