Arientha Primanita – A new political party bent on putting former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati forward for the presidency in 2014 officially registered itself with the Justice

Ronna Nirmala – A veteran actor-cum-activist famous for painting protest slogans on the roof of the legislature appeared at the Constitutional Court on Wednesday seeking to wrest the po

Jakarta – The Union of Independent People (SRI) Party, which plans to nominate former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in the 2014 presidential election, will register itself on W

Tycoon and politician Aburizal Bakrie is one of the candidates being prepped by Golkar Party to contest the presidential electionin 2014.

Anita Rachman – Pick a side and stick with it, the Golkar Party has demanded of its members with one foot in the camp of the newly declared NasDem Party.

Jakarta – Seventeen people were killed and dozens injured when the supporters of rival candidates in a local regent election clashed throughout Saturday and Sunday in Ilaga district in

Violence in Aceh is becoming political, according to a human rights NGO.

Jakarta – National Democrat (Nasdem) founder Surya Paloh deplores Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's instruction that all Golkar members involved in the newly-declared Nasdem polit

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri remains the hot favorite to run on the main opposition party's ticket in the 2014 presidential election, but others als

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Thursday urged the Democratic Party to publicly reveal its financial reports from between 2010 and 2011.

Jakarta – The Nasdem Party, which is linked to the mass organization National Democrat (Nasdem), declared Tuesday its establishment as a political party ahead of the 2014 general electi

Jayapura – Syamsul Arief Rivai has been installed as Papua's caretaker governor amid legal uncertainties about the next election.

Debnath Guharoy, Roy Morgan – Asked who they would vote for if an election was held today, eligible voters from across the country continued their drift away from the coalition.

Purwokerto – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is looking to bounce back from its poor performance at the ballot box in 2008 with an eye to winning the 2014 elections.

Jakarta – It is not uncommon for Indonesian politicians to spend billions of rupiah to win elections, especially in the regions; but only a few seem to care if their money is spent effe

Anita Rachman – After re-electing its chairman earlier this month, the United Development Party on Monday decided on its new executive leadership board, promoting young members to more

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A former combatant of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in front of his coffee kiosk in Bireun, Aceh, on Friday evening

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party says it will tap into the booming popularity of social networking sites in the country to carry it to victory in the 2014 elections.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Sentul, West Java – The Democratic Party wound up its national coordination meeting here on Sunday leaving its leadership unchanged in the wake of recent troub

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Sentul – There have been few signs of concrete action by Democratic Party politicians during their two-day working meeting to repair the party's image that has been

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Political tensions were expected to calm gradually in the once-restive Aceh after parties agreed to accept nominations of independent candidates on the con

Arientha Primanita & Febriamy Hutapea – Just as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono broke his silence on the Muhammad Nazaruddin case on Friday and urged the rogue former Democratic

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Democratic Party executives must follow through President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's vow to clean up his party by imposing strict sanctions to all corrupt an

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Sixteen political parties in Aceh, two of them local parties, have called for the rescheduling of the gubernatorial election and have threatened a boycot

Jakarta – Following the lead of the former head, other executives of the West Java chapter of the National Democrat (Nasdem) renounced their membership of the organization due to its tr

Jakarta – Small political parties met the leaders of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, demanding major political parties keep the legislative threshold at 2.5 percent.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Election Law will see major changes after a legislative committee, established to probe alleged election fraud in the 2009 polls, found that many alleged

Reliable Tempo Semanal sources said that the Chief of the East Timorese Defence Force, FALINTIL-FDTL has strongly indicated in public and in private that it is his intention to soon res

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party announced a novel, if not desperate, plan to rejuvenate its thinning ranks on Wednesday – recruit former members who have jumped

Jakarta – A number of politicians and national figures who joined the mass organization National Democrat (Nasdem), founded by media mogul Surya Paloh, left the organization after a pol

The Democratic Party has not seen its founding members and only seen a few of its senior politicians take a key role in deciding the party's course.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Prosperous Justice Party said the Democratic Party was attempting to distract attention from the ongoing Muhammad Nazaruddin scandal by once again raising

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Arya Dipa, Bandung – Incumbent candidate Suryadharma Ali retained his post as United Development Party (PPP) chairman on Tuesday and vowed to return the waning Isla

Jakarta – The 7th Congress of the United Development Party (PPP) concluded on Wednesday with Suryadharma Ali being reelected to another five-year term.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court held a press conference Tuesday to clarify its decision on the verification process for political parties following misleading reports in the media.

A recent Constitutional Court (MK) decision on the Political Parties Law will have a limited effect on legislative elections in 2014, according to several lawmakers.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – Top officials of the Democratic Party, after dismissing allegation of graft among its cadres made by Muhammad Nazaruddin, said on Wednesda

Bandung, West Java – Incumbent minister for religious affairs Suryadharma Ali was reelected as the general chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) after gaining 859 votes (72.55

Jakarta – A number of politicians who failed to win seats at the House of Representatives in the 2009 polls claimed they were victims of a conspiracy by members of the poll body and Con

Jakarta – An accountability report delivered by United Development Party (PPP) chairman Suryadharma at a party plenary session at Panghegar Hotel in Bandung on Monday was marred by walk

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Amid the growing political turmoil within the ruling Democratic Party, front man Anas Urbaningrum continues to remain silent by refusing to clarify graft all

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The country's oldest Islamic political party has announced that its national caucus to select a chairman will begin on Sunday in Bandung, even as the rival ca

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – The Democratic Party has lashed out at a recent survey showing a drop in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's approval

Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's approval rating has taken a major hit, a recent public opinion survey shows, mainly due to the string of sc

Anita Rachman – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's public approval rating has slipped, according to a survey conducted by Indonesian Circle (LSI), citing dissatisfaction with how the

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's legal staff were outraged when outspoken Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) says it wants to regain the public's trust by creating smart, clean and honest members through a system of rewards and puni

Arientha Primanita – While the prospects for a fledgling party seeking to nominate Sri Mulyani Indrawati as its presidential candidate in 2014 look bleak, the impact of the move could n

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives will next week launch an investigation into alleged polling fraud cases that may have granted seats to the wrong candidates, a legislator sa

Yones Douw, a human rights activist in the Indonesian province of Papua, was beaten by military officers on 15 June and has been denied medical treatment.