Elisabeth Oktofani – Talk of the 2014 elections has been heating up over the past few months, but most of the country's Muslim youth don't seem to have taken much notice.

Arientha Primanita – A group of public figures identifying themselves as supporters of Sri Mulyani Indrawati are seeking to have a controversial law declared unconstitutional in an atte

Anita Rachman – The number of parties in the House of Representatives should be capped at five, according to a proponent of a measure designed to make it harder for smaller parties to g

Stephen Schaber – Aceh will hold its second post-conflict election in November and, according to the International Crisis Group, it will be bitterly contested by two former Free Aceh Mo

Jakarta/Brussels – Five years after the first post-conflict elections in Aceh brought former guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM) to power, local elections s

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Golkar Party legislator Ade Komarudin denied allegations that his party fabricated a recent survey that showed public interest favoring his party.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Political analysts say the Democratic Party needs a breakthrough to halt its recent popularity slide triggered by graft allegations levelled at its former

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior Democratic Party official conceded on Monday that allegations of graft surrounding former treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin had hurt the party.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial said Lt. Gen.

Anita Rachman – The ruling Democratic Party has taken a serious hit in public perception after being rocked by graft scandals implicating its former treasurer, Muhammad Nazaruddin, acco

Jakarta – Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Pramono Edhie Wibowo have been touted as presidential candidates from the Democratic Party following the President's statement about not grooming pot

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's denial that he was grooming a successor from within his family ahead of the 2014 presidential polls should be taken with

Jakarta – The newly-established One Republic Party denied rumors of Soeharto family involvement.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday that he was not grooming anybody for a presidential run in the 2014 general elections.

Lindsay Murdoch – The Timorese-born Australian woman acquitted last year of conspiring to murder East Timor's President, Jose Ramos-Horta, plans to stand for his job next year.

Anita Rachman – Debate over the percentage of votes in the legislative election required for a political party to hold a seat at the House of Representatives has again caused a furor, w

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Awakening Party said on Sunday that it was in the process of finalizing its registration in the 2014 elections, but one party leader said her unr

Amir Tejo – A senior Democratic Party official said on Friday that former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati would make an ideal presidential candidate in 2014.

Anita Rachman – Is the Democratic Party attempting to direct the public spotlight away from Muhammad Nazaruddin?

Karlis Salna – With just over a year to elections in East Timor, it appears almost certain the same political players that have dominated its first 10 years as a nation will again be vy

NII actions were clearly subversive but were not handled with violence as was happening in Papua.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is faced with a simmering scandal at the heart of the Democratic Party that he heads, threatening its unity just as jockeying is underway a

Anita Rachman – Allying itself with the ruling coalition seems to be hurting the Golkar Party more than it is benefiting it, party members and political observers say.

Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – Things are going from bad to worse for the beleaguered ruling party with the House of Representatives to seek an explanation from National Police

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Just days after officials said there was nothing wrong with controversial politician Muhammad Nazaruddin's trip to Singapore, the government and the Democrati

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should not have bothered to comment on a mystery text message containing allegations of corruption and inappropriate behavior, po

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Democratic Party remains the most popular in the country, according to a new survey, but an analyst warns it still has to deal with the fallout from an on

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday angrily denounced the media and users of social networking Web sites for spreading false allegations against his embattled party.

Anita Rachman – With a recent survey indicating that Golkar Party's popularity has fallen below its two main rivals, a top Golkar politician said on Monday that the party might need to

Jakarta – The number of floating voters is tending to increase.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh has decided to hold its provincial, district and mayoral elections on Nov.

Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) advisory council member Permadi has alleged that the Democratic Party has kept Rp 47 trillion (US$5.5 billion) in bank deposits accumulated fro

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As the House's debate on the general elections bill heats up, two parties want the electoral threshold be upped to 5 percent from the current level of 2.5

Anita Rachman – The Golkar Party will not get its way on the contentious legislative threshold, officials from smaller political parties have vowed.

The Democratic Party's House of Representatives faction leader explained on Friday that the party gave embattled lawmaker Muhammad Nazaruddin permission to go to Singapore for medical p

Anita Rachman – The Golkar Party lashed out on Monday against a decision by the House of Representatives to propose raising the legislative threshold to 3 percent.

Jakarta – The tales of the New Order regime's success, which are being used as a selling point for the Golkar Party, are misleading.

Jakarta – Ahead of the party's national congress in early July, competition is brewing at the United Development Party (PPP) as several members engage in a fierce battle to head the Isl

Arientha Primanita – The Democratic Party's dismissal of Muhammad Nazaruddin as party treasurer does not illustrate Yudhoyono's seriousness in eradicating political corruption in the co

Anita Rachman – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi and Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar on Monday said the country's election organizers should be free from any politi

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Democratic Party seems to be at a loss in the face of the ever-widening scandal its treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin is entangled in, pol

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed a long-awaited new agreement Monday with members of his sometimes-frayed ruling coalition.

Farouk Arnaz – A disagreement over who was elected chairman of the United Development Party's Papua branch at a meeting last weekend was brought to the attention of the police on Monday

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – After weeks of being dogged by graft allegations, Muhammad Nazaruddin has been dismissed as treasurer of the ruling Democratic Party, a se

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The newly founded Indonesian Solidarity Society for Justice (SMIK) has named former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati as its presidential candidat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party on Thursday quashed a controversial former intelligence official's claim to the chairmanship of the party's Papua branch, but ins

M Hernowo – Case of human rights violations that took place around the time of the fall of the New Order regime have still not been fully resolved.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With limited resources and time and stricter electoral rules, new political parties may find it difficult to obtain votes in the 2014 elections, analysts say

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Four new political parties have announced they would join the 2014 elections, claiming they had every reason to be optimistic about meeting stricter electora

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Democratic Party official on Monday said an investigation into a graft case allegedly involving some of its members was not the result of divisions between