Guido Goulart, Dili – Prime Minster Xanana Gusmao said Friday that the resignation of his deputy, whose party has threatened to withdraw from the ruling coalition, will not lead to the

Guido Goulart, Dili, East Timor – One of East Timor's deputy prime ministers said he has resigned after Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao publicly called him a "liar" for his outspoken criti

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The incumbent head of Boven Digoel district in Papua is leading the early vote count in his bid for re-election, despite being detained in a Jakarta cell on

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The legal requirement that a third of a political party's executive board be comprised of female officials was being blatantly ignored, a civil society group

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assembled leaders of tiny political parties at his residence on Sunday evening, in what one observer said was an attempt to g

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In the face of what appears to be a public relations nightmare, the Democratic Party on Friday blamed the media and political exp

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The President's popularity has declined in the first year of his second tenure, but voters are apparently reluctant to switch their support from the President's

Jakarta – The Golkar Party's initiative to interpellate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his handling of a recent dispute with Malaysia received a cold response from other parties

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – The State Ministry for the Environment is finalizing regulations that would oblige all companies to manage their waste according to prescribed standard

Anita Rachman& Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A lawmaker from the main opposition party has made the radical suggestion of having two legislative thresholds, just the latest twist in

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Lawmakers should settle their differences and reach a consensus on the draft of a revision of the 2007 Law on Election Organizers, a watchdog said on Friday.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A flurry of recent controversies that rocked the Democratic Party will not dent the party's voter base during regional elections because of the widespread pop

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The country's big political parties should provide proof that their push for an increased legislative threshold is not part of a sinister ploy to cro

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie visited a number of Islamic boarding schools in East Java on Thursday and played down the provincial legislative council's plan to set up

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle hopes to tap into the country's substantial and often politically apathetic youth to win more votes in th

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Jockeying for the 2014 presidential election has begun in earnest with a respected scholar and former candidate touting Hatta Raj

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Former National Mandate Party chairman Soetrisno Bachir has announced his resignation from the party he once led.

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Although the suggestion that the Constitution be amended to allow President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to have another term was soundly reje

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asserted he had no intention to extend his tenure and would leave office in 2014.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday backed away from comments from a member of his party that the Indonesian Constitution should be amended to allow Yudhoyono to r

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party has softened its stance on a proposed increase in the legislative threshold following pleas from smaller parties, saying

Jakarta – Concerns that if the parliamentary threshold is increased it will impact on the number of valid votes that are wasted may be excessive because it will actually reduce the numb

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The clutch of small parties in the ruling coalition has called on the president's Democrats to reconsider their support for a proposal that would dou

Armando Siahaan, Indonesia – Rampant vote-buying in regional elections is fueled by voters themselves, a survey shows.

Dessy Sagita – The Constitutional Court and the National Police signed a landmark agreement on Tuesday that is expected to aid in resolving electoral disputes, while offering more flexi

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Following the elections of at least five corruption suspects in district and regional polls, watchdog groups on Sunday called for the implementation of stricter

Jakarta – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) along with several small political parties have declared their full support for former President Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy"

Jakarta – Crescent Star Party chairman Malam Sambat Kaban on Thursday announced the direction the party will take to increase its share of seats in the 2014 general election.

Armando Siahaan, Indonesia – The Democratic Party has experienced a resurgence in provincial elections that have traditionally been won by more established parties, but needs to do more

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Low turnout marked Sunday's re-vote for the mayor of Surabaya, with many citizens protesting the Constitutional Court for ordering another vote.

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – PT Lapindo Brantas' latest effort to win public support after triggering a disastrous mudflow in Sidoarjo failed when its top executives were bea

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The main opposition party will convene a key national meeting next week to put a stop to a spate of defections among its 5,000 regional officials, including g

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The opposition juggernaut Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has become the latest party after Golkar to caution against the rising prom

Ridwan Max Sijabat – One reason behind the various flaws in the election body – in the words of its own chief – is that the body is staffed by people with partisan agendas.

With the ongoing second wave of local elections, will regular polls bring a better public awareness of voting and improved competence of election bodies, or merely a means to gain power

Jakarta – National Awakening Party (PKB) leaders are embroiled in a political tug-of-war over how to thwart major political parties' plans to double the parliamentary threshold in the 2

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Tensions are rising within the coalition government as some ministers are dismayed by their poor grades in a recent appraisal sparking calls for a Cabinet reshu

Armando Siahaan – Lawmakers from House of Representatives Commission II failed once again on Thursday to reach a consensus on the draft of a revision to the 2007 Law on Election Organiz

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The next legislative elections are four years away, but debate is already underway on a change to the parliamentary threshold, which will affect the number of p

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Golkar stalwart Priyo Budi Santoso's call for a cabinet reshuffle was rebuffed by other lawmakers from the ruling coalition as political grandstanding on Tues

Meagan Weymes – East Timor's voters went to the polls Saturday in parliamentary elections seen as a key test for the young and fragile democracy and likely to determine if UN peacekeepe

Armando Siahaan – Attempts by smaller parties to form confederations in an effort to consolidate power ahead of the 2014 general elections could be quashed by the larger parties that do

Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Golkar Party are encouraging smaller parties to join with them so that they can lobby the senate to increase the electoral threshold f

A number of politicians have pounced on Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie's comments that when it came to Indonesian politics it was best for party members to think like rats.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Voters would be better served by smaller political parties joining together to form confederations rather than agreeing to be merged into larger parties, a po

Armando Siahaan – Continuing its effort to court smaller parties, Golkar on Thursday signaled the possibility of a partnership with the Reform Star Party, while at the same time reitera

Anita Rachman & Made Arya Kencana – Critics have denounced the General Elections Commission's decision to merely dismiss member Andi Nurpati, saying a dishonorable dismissal would h

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Recent maneuvers by the Golkar Party to court smaller organizations connected to the United Development Party are nothing to worry about, the Islamic-based pa

Armando Siahaan – Though the idea is practically dead in the House of Representatives, the Regional Representatives Council on Tuesday revived a controversial proposal to allocate Rp 1

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Political parties are cozying up and consolidating as they seek ways to bulk up ahead of the 2014 general elections, an analyst says.