The National Awakening Party (PKB) is targeting 100 seats in the 2014 legislative election and is counting on religious leaders (kiai) to help them reach their target.

Camelian Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – Prospects for a cabinet reshuffle fizzled out on Wednesday with the State Palace denying there would be a shake-up anytime soon or that opposit

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Tom Allard – Indonesia's Vice-President has flagged a drive for reconciliation with the troubled region of West Papua, revealing plans to create a agency to facilitate talks with disaff

Jakarta – No parties have registered for the 2014 elections since the Law and Human Rights Ministry opened its doors for the verification process more than six weeks ago, an official sa

Jakarta – Lawmakers from the Golkar Party are more competent than their fellow lawmakers at the House of Representatives, a survey concluded.

Jakarta – A shake-up of the ruling coalition is no remedy for the ailing relationship among political parties that have exercised transactional maneuvers at the House of Representatives

The Democratic Party has secured a commitment from four ally parties that they will support President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono until 2014.

An East Java lawmaker whose sex video has been circulated on the Internet says the video might have been taken from his laptop which he had sold recently.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives deputy speaker implicated in the country's latest sex video scandal claims it is a ploy to undermine his party ahead of the 2014

With four more small parties set to join the Great Indonesia Movement Party and the ruling coalition warming to it, party chairman Prabowo Subianto's road to the presidency in 2014 is l

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The fallout from a proposed tax graft inquiry has triggered a change in the nation's political landscape, with the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Senior Democratic Party officials on Friday urged their two biggest partners to leave Indonesia's ruling coalition because they no longer

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After its failed push for a special inquiry into corruption in the tax office, the Golkar Party has come up with a new issue: the leadersh

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has declared itself ready to become an inclusive political party and embrace all groups of society, a party executive say

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Political circles were abuzz on Wednesday with accusations and speculation following dramatic voting that saw the tax mafia inquiry proposal defeated by just

Anita Rachman – - Analysts and opposition members have called the Democratic Party's bluff on a threatened shake-up of the coalition, saying the grouping is likely to hold together unti

Anita Rachman – A day after dramatically winning the tax office corruption inquiry vote at the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party stressed that the government coalition woul

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – In a dramatic late-night voting session on Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party and five other parties successfu

Anita Rachman – With the proposal to launch a special legislative team to probe corruption at the tax office defeated in a razor-thin vote late on Tuesday night, two coalition parties w

Hasyim Widhiarto – A recent proposal to pass a motion to launch an inquiry into tax corruption marks another chapter in the saga of heightened political bickering between the government

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – Analysts on Tuesday painted a picture of Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo as an aloof and ineffectual politician with only himself to blame for

Tangerang – A workers union in Banten has nominated its own candidate for the 2011 gubernatorial election in the province to challenge the incumbent Ratu Atut Chosiyah.

Hasyim Widhiarto – Political rifts within President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's coalition camp have taken yet another uneasy turn after legislators recently agreed to a proposal asking f

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Recently increased electoral requirements have led several small parties without seats in the legislature to form larger parties or merge with existing parti

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's ongoing plan to merge with smaller parties may be a ploy to win more votes in 2014, but a political observer has warned i

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Great Indonesia Movement Party on Friday added another political party to its alliance, proceeding with its plan of merging with 10 smaller parties as par

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government has been told to improve the management of voter lists for the 2014 general elections if it hopes to avoid a repeat of the controversy that pla

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Talk of a Cabinet reshuffle to replace underperforming Indonesian ministers is heating up, as the government fends off criticisms that it is faltering in its fig

Banjir Ambarita – Hundreds of candidates who failed to gain government jobs took the streets of Manokwari, West Papua, on Wednesday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Recent attacks on religious minorities in Temanggung, Central Java, and Banten should be reason enough for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoy

Anita Rachman – The government has proposed barring relatives of outgoing regional officials from running for the same post in elections, but legislators warn that the policy may violat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – For the sake of the Prosperous Justice Party's public image, the party should replace disgraced lawmaker Misbakhun in the Indonesian House of Representatives

Anita Rachman – A lawmaker on Sunday said the budget of the Religious Affairs Ministry would be re-evaluated after he accused Minister Suryadharma Ali of using state funds to woo cleric

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid concerns that some regional leaders are misusing public money and state facilities to advance their political careers, the KPK has vowed to make money politi

Anita Rachman – Rising politician Puan Maharani of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Wednesday said that although the party would never join the pro-gove

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Political dynasties, a growing trend in regional elections in Indonesia, should be curbed, as they undermine democracy and limit opportunities for other cand

Hasyim Widhiarto – After serving as chairman of the politically wired Association of Islamic Students (HMI) last year, Arip Mustopha had to think twice before jumping into a career of f

Although the general election may be three years away, political parties have already deployed their gear to gain support, particularly from the young bracket of voters.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The fast-growing mass-organization, the National Democrats (Nasdem), withdrew its plan to become a political party, as it was nearly out of time to fulfill t

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The single floor medium-sized building looked like an ordinary house.

Camelia Pasandaran, Pangkal Pinang, Bangka-Belitung – An amendment to the Regional Governance Law is expected to include provisions barring criminals and the "morally flawed" from runni

Anita Rachman – While continuing to deny that they had political ambitions, officials of the National Democrats on Friday vowed that every single province in Indonesia would have an off

Zaky Pawas, Indonesia – Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Depok on Thursday as opposition mounted against Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail, who on Wednesday was sworn in for his sec

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government kicked off its process to qualify political parties looking to contest the 2014 polls, while smaller parties requested more time pending a jud

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Two political parties loyal to Indonesia's ruling party on Sunday said they would continue to stand by the Democrats, effectively making it almost impossible fo

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – An unfavorable performance review of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Cabinet led many to believe the President would carry out a comprehensive reshuffle of h

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) issued a ruling Wednesday that will make it easier for lawmakers to impeach a president.

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman – A court ruling that set a lower quorum requirement for the House of Representatives to launch an impeachment inquest could tip the balance of power