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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – An election watchdog is questioning the merger of several political parties ahead of next year's legislative elections, saying the moves violate the law as we

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) are not ruling out nominating popular Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo instead of PDI-P c

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been holding a series of meetings with several prominent figures as he approaches the tail end of his time in office a

Former convicts will now be able to run in regional legislative elections, a commissioner from Indonesia's election commission said on Thursday.

Fifteen years after the start of the Reform movement, the call for a return to an authoritarian system has ironically been promoted by the country's political parties, which should have

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Newly elected Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has vowed to improve the implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy (Otsus) Law No. 21/2001.

Margareth S. Aritonang – People react differently to authoritarian leadership.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As pollsters predict a grim outlook for Islamic parties in the 2014 legislative election, some parties are making an effort to appeal to fringe Muslim groups in t

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The widely publicized meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Lt. Gen.

Margareth S. Aritonang – The chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Lt. Gen. (ret.) Prabowo Subianto, is known as a strong-willed military leader.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The electability of Islamic parties is expected to plunge further in the 2014 general election, with major parties like the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) em

Ezra Sihite – Former military general and founder of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto on Monday commended President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his manage

Carlos Paath & Yohannie Linggasari – While several female politicians, including former legislator Angelina Sondakh, have been embroiled in graft cases recently, politicians and exp

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said on Friday its victories in two recent gubernatorial elections had boosted its confidence amid predictions it was losing public support

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The rift within the Golkar Party has intensified with Aburizal Bakrie's camp warning rival politicians to end their campaign to oust him as party chairman.

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Democratic Party has made a plea to the General Elections Commission (KPU) to allow it to bypass submitting a list of legislative candidates for the 2014

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – The struggling National Democratic Party is attempting to bolster its ranks with laborers after some 20,000 members burned their membership cards and quit in the wak

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Visibly irked from the prolonged turmoil within his Democratic Party, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lashed out at other political parties, saying they w

Bandung – The West Java chapter of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Sunday declared incumbent Governor Ahmad Heryawan and his running mate, veteran actor Deddy Mizwar, as the w

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The leadership of the Golkar Party and the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party have shrugged off a Democratic Party threat to thwart their presidential

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono risks losing full control of his Democratic Party as former party chairman Anas Urbaningrum's lo

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Yeremia Sukoyo, Carlos Paath & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – A member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has officially apologized to the Indonesian Military (T

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jayapura/Jakarta – The shooting deaths of eight soldiers and four civilians in Papua on Thursday may be connected to the province's recent gub

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Jakarta – Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri said the her popularity had declined because of the lack of media coverage she receiv

West Java's incumbent governor Ahmad Heryawan won Sunday's highly contested gubernatorial race according to quick-count results released by several polling companies.

Olivia Rondonuwu – A flood of corruption scandals has seriously undermined the Indonesian ruling party's prospects in 2014 elections and left the outcome of the polls more uncertain tha

Rizky Amelia – Graft suspect Anas Urbaningrum stepped down from his post as the head of Indonesia's ruling party in a Saturday press conference held less than 24 hours after being charg

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says the national government will use a welfare-based approach rather than a military one to keep the pea

With pollsters saying most parties will garner less than 25 percent of the popular vote in the upcoming legislative election, the public will see no more than four candidates in the pre

Bagus T Saragih, Jakarta – After spending the night in silence following the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) announcement that he had been named a suspect, Anas Urbaningrum ha

Hans Nicholas Jong and Yulia Sri Perdani, Jakarta – Things have become considerably easier for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono following the stunning fall from grace of Anas Urbaning

Open-wheel racers Ananda Mikola and Moreno Suprapto will run as legislative candidates for the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra), the party's chief patron said on Friday.

Ina Parlina – More people are turning to the Constitutional Court to challenge the 2008 Presidential Election Law, which they believe sets the bar too high for members of the public who

Zakir Hussain – When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took direct control of his Democratic Party's reins a fortnight ago, many cheered the fact that the former general was

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Candidates in the West Java gubernatorial election seem to have ducked the question of religious intolerance and radicalism despite the province's poor reputation o

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The hope of getting into the House of Representatives by politicians from parties deemed ineligible to run in the 2014 general elections have been kept alive

Carlos Paath – While convincingly leading two recent surveys on possible candidates for the 2014 presidential election, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo appears unlikely to run.

Hans David Tampubolon – As graft and accusations of graft drag down the Democratic Party's top politicians, questions are springing up about the party's fundraising for the 2014 campaig

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The high assembly of the Democratic Party has agreed to oust graft convict Angelina Sondakh from the House of Representatives and the party, after the Jakarta

Hans David Tampubolon – In terms of political survival skills, Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum may have few peers.

In spite of a peaceful finish to the Democratic Party national leadership meeting on Sunday, the chairmanship of Anas remains in peril.

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Democratic Party's popularity will continue to crumble as long as graft-embattled Anas Urbaningrum remains chairman, a polling analyst says.

Jakarta – Media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo's decision to join the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) has renewed hopes for the party and the presidential ambitions of its chairman, Gen.

Carlos Paath – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) named media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo as its new chief patron on Sunday, following his recent resignation from the National Democrat