Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Lapindo mudflow disaster is widely seen as an Achilles' heel that could destroy Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's chances for presidency.

Jakarta – Rival political parties have said that they are not concerned about reports that their lawmakers in the House of Representatives have struck a deal with the National Democrat

Jakarta – The presidential ambitions of United Development Party (PPP) chairman Suryadharma Ali encountered a major stumbling block as a number of local party branches decided to back f

Jalalludin NGOko – The political party Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) recently announced its 314-strong leadership structure.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party (PPP) is seriously considering naming former Vice President Jusuf Kalla as its presidential candidate for the 2014 presidential r

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call for his ministers to resign their posts if they are preoccupied with preparing the 2014 election rings hollow, as h

Peter Alford, Jakarta – Political normalisation is finally at hand in East Timor, despite last weekend's sudden outbreak of rioting that marred at the last moment the young nation's thi

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – There are signs members of the Golkar Party remain divided over the decision to declare its chairman Aburizal Bakrie as the party's presiden

Violence in East Timor was sparked when Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao announced his National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction will form a coalition government with two smaller partie

Joyce Morgan, Dili – The East Timorese President has called for calm after a night of violence in the capital, Dili, which left one man dead, dozens of vehicles destroyed and has raised

Michael Bachelard – Violence erupted in East Timor late last night, apparently prompted by political party Fretilin being excluded from a role in the new governing coalition.

To East Timor, where Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party is moving towards forming a coalition government.

Guido Goulart, Dili – East Timor's president called on security forces to restore peace and order Monday as violence persisted over the runner-up in this month's election being excluded

East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao will form a coalition government with the country's two minor parties.

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The ruling party of East Timor resistance hero Xanana Gusmao has won 30 seats in parliament, according to a final count on Friday from last weekend's vote, and will need to form a coali

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Ezra Sihite/Rizky Amelia/Ulin Yusron – It's not just Ahok that has been brought into the central leadership board, but scores of retired generals have also joined the ranks of the Great

Ezra Sihite – A political tug-of-war is taking place over the daughter of one of Indonesia's founding fathers, as two parties offer different versions of just where her loyalties lie.

Simon Roughneen, Dili – Saturnina da Silva doesn't have a name for her baby boy yet, born just 12 hours before Saturday's parliamentary election in the tropical half-island nation.

Michael Bachelard – A key civil society group in East Timor has warned against the proposed "government of national unity", saying it would reduce scrutiny of decisions and diminish dem

Ezra Sihite – The famously outspoken Taufik Kiemas is again butting heads with his wife, Megawati Sukarnoputri, telling the former president that it is time to put away her presidential

Michael Bachelard and Mouzinho Lopes – East Timor's sometimes fractious politicians are contemplating the extraordinary – forming a government of national unity in which all parties wou

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Tito Belo, Dili – The party of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has won East Timor's parliamentary election, but was short of a majority, provisional results showed on Sunday, raising the p

Michael Bachelard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has consolidated his power and extended his lead over the country's opposition, winning the largest bloc of votes in the co

Tito Belo, Dili – East Timor voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election in which Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's party faces a stiff challenge from two opponents as it seeks to extend

Dili – East Timor is about to face a crucial test of its fragile democracy in parliamentary elections that will determine if UN peacekeepers can leave.

A civilian was killed and another wounded on Wednesday by an unidentified group of people in Siepkosi village, Walelagama district, Jayawijaya regency.

New Zealand MPs will be among official observers of East Timor's parliamentary elections this weekend.

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie made a show of strength after securing his party's nomination for the 2014 presidential election.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Golkar Party officially endorsed the nomination of chairman Aburizal Bakrie as the party's presidential hopeful at a national leadership meeting in Bogor

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanita – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum's calm demeanor following a grilling by antigraft officials on Wednesday was

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia & SP/Robertus Wardi – While a series of recent surveys show that Golkar will win the 2014 election, chairman Aburizal Bakrie, who on Friday wa

The Democratic Party still believes it can be victorious at the polls in the 2014 election, despite a flood of data pointing to the party's dwindling popularity.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Great Indonesia Movement Party has thrown its support behind the Democratic Party because its founder, Prabowo Subianto, is seeking the ruling party's sup

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri has given her strongest hint yet that she may contest the 2014 presidential election, suggesting on Monday that moves t

Robertus Wardi – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie on Thursday named five potential vice presidential candidates to run with him in the 2014 election.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Ayah Din and Raja Muda, both members of the Aceh Party (PA), were reportedly shot by unidentified assailants while traveling home from the swearing-in ce

Ezra Sihite – The Golkar Party has set an ambitious target to win 30 percent of the votes in the 2014 legislative election, but analysts say that might not be enough to propel its chair

Ezra Sihite – The National Democrat Party has unveiled a war chest of up to Rp 3 trillion ($318 million) to help it win a massive 31 percent of seats at the House of Representatives in

Jakarta – The Golkar Party is expected to nominate chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie as its presidential candidate for the 2014 election on July 1.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Tensions between Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah and his predecessor Irwandi Yusuf appear to have outlived the fraught election last April, with Zaini's supporte

Banda Aceh – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi inaugurated newly elected Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah and his deputy, Muzakir Manaf, at a ceremony here on Monday.

Slamet Susanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – Up to 78 Golkar Party branches officially declared Sunday their support for Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to run as the vice presi

The Timorese police today arrested two persons in Baucau, east of Dili, for stoning supporters of the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin) at the end of a rally for

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party chairman and business tycoon Aburizal Bakrie is reportedly considering Edhie Baskoro, the youngest son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as his running m

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia, Ezra Sihite & Bayu Marhaenjati – Neneng Sri Wahyuni's arrest is part of a wider plan to allow Anas Urbaningrum, the chairman of President Sus

Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum is warning his opponents that he is still in charge of the party and any efforts to topple him will fail.