Former Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati believes democratic reforms in Indonesia are being "hijacked" by powerful reactionary forces, a report said on Wednesday.

Armando Siahaan – If you go by her most recent statements, Sri Mulyani Indrawati clearly fingered the Golkar Party and its chairman, businessman Aburizal Bakrie, as the primary drivers

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman, Bandung – Two months of intense, often-bitter campaigning ended on Sunday as the ruling Democratic Party finally chose as its new leader a

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Tension heightened Saturday in Bandung as the three candidates contesting the Democratic Party's top post launched an all-out campaign

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Bandung – The congress of the Democratic Party proposed Saturday the establishment of a body within the party that will allow its chief patron,

Anita Rachman – Members of the Democrat-led ruling coalition are broaching the need for a stronger, more solid grouping that would last beyond 2014, based on the Malaysian National Fron

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Democratic Party congress began on Friday as tensions grew between rival can didates for the chairmanship, with both Anas Urbaningrum and Andi Mallarangen

Armando Siahaan, Irvan Tisnabudi & Anita Rachman – New Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo today begins the tall task of filling in the big shoes left by Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Five candidates in Surabaya's upcoming mayoral election participated in the first of a planned series of debates on Tuesday, the first campaign day leading up the

Armando Siahaan, Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Irvan Tisnabudi – In a move seen as trying to please political and economic circles, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday night n

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Irvan Tisnabudi & Armando Siahaan – Lawmakers on Wednesday turned up the pressure on the tax office, encouraging companies to take legal action it they felt t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ismira Lutfia – Crumbling support among coalition parties to invoke the legislative right to express an opinion on the PT Bank Century bailout has opposit

Armando Siahaan – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's choices for finance minister and his deputy reflected a good combination of the best political options available, analysts said on

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesia's departing Finance Minister has taken a sharp swipe at the forces she believes made her position untenable, describing them as rapacious and "j

Irvan Tisnabudi – With Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's term close to an end, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday denied that her move to become managing director of t

Armando Siahaan – Appointing Golkar chairman Aburizal Bakrie to manage the daily operation of the ruling coalition will do little to stop the party's legislators from continuing to atta

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – Fifty percent of prospective voters in the upcoming regional elections in North Sumatra will cast their votes based on which candidate has given them the most

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Pro-government parties have voiced concern over the appointment of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie as chairman of President Susilo Bambang

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Just five days after Golkar Party chief Aburizal Bakrie was appointed managing chairman of the ruling coalition's new joint secretariat, a few member parties

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A legislator from the Democratic Party says his party has had enough with the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the United Development Party (PPP) for

Armando Siahaan – Senior members of both the Democratic Party and Golkar Party have consistently denied that their relationship in the ruling coalition would affect the selection of a n

Armando Siahaan – The surprising new structure of the Democratic Party-led coalition, of which Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie is the managing chairman of the just-established joi

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party has wasted no time in cozying up to the president in the wake of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's exit from the nation's political st

Amir Tejo – What happens when two wives of an incumbent district head vie to replace their outgoing husband? Hostility comes out into the open.

Jakarta – The chiefs of the six highest state institutions disagree with Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi's proposal to reinstate a clause in the Regional Autonomy Law that would demand cand

The leaders of the National Mandate Party have rejected a bid by the party's East Java branch to nominate actress and singer Julia "Jupe" Perez as a candidate for district office, leadi

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The race to chair President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party has become more heated as negative campaigning enters the picture and candidates hurl ac

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A survey institute has predicted only 60 percent of Medan's almost 2 million eligible voters will turn out for the mayoral elections on May 12.

Camelia Pasandaran – The government is bent on demanding a spotless moral track record for anyone aspiring to run for top regional posts, setting the bar even higher for candidates.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Arguing that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is in deep need of fresh blood, the party's advisory board chairman Taufik Kiemas on Monday s

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said Friday the government plans to exclude individuals with no experience in governance from running for regional elections in a mov

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Newly re-elected Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri is said to be tireless in keeping the party from aligning

Cameron Bates – Celebrity Julia Perez has lashed out what she considers a government attempt to prevent her from contesting the elections for the head of Pacitan, President Susilo Bamba

Camelia Pasandaran – In what is sure to be a highly controversial move, the Ministry of Home Affairs is moving to increase eligibility criteria for political candidates in a move clearl

Armando Siahaan – Clear signs of an unhealthy democracy continue to crop up in regional elections, an analyst said on Thursday.

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Hans David Tampobolon, Denpasar – Megawati Soekarnoputri officially won the re-election as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chief Thursday, but fell short of party pr

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's defiant statement that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle will remain in the opposition rather than joi

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle faces a perilous road ahead after voting to stick with Megawati Sukarnoputri as chairwoman, political analysts warn.

Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri was re-elected chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle during the opposition party's national congress in Bali on Thursday.

Hans David Tampubolon, Denpasar – Megawati Soekarnoputri looks certain to lead the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) for another five years, but the party will look for an

Denpasar – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) national congress in Bali will see a transition in the party's paradigm and its leadership, says chairwoman Megawati Soe

Guruh Sukarnoputra held a news conference on Tuesday to urge his sister, former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, to "take a rest" and stand aside as chairwoman of the Indonesian Democra

Made Arya Kencana & Anita Rachman – Supporters of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle leader Megawati Sukarnopoutri claimed she was a shoe-in to retain her post as chairwoman wh

Anita Rachman & Nurfika Osman – Political analysts don't see anyone among the current figures gunning for chairmanship of the Democratic Party capable of filling President Susilo Ba

Anita Rachman – Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin on Wednesday said stepping completely out of politics was an impossibility for the country's second largest Muslim organization, arg

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Debate over whether the party will move closer to the ruling coalition looks to highlight the national congress of the Indonesian Democratic Party of St

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has finalized the invitation list for its upcoming congress in Bali, and President Susilo Bambang Yu

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Vice President Boediono's concerns over the coalition's lack of support for the government will not prompt the President to drastically revise its polit

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – While Megawati Sukarnoputri seems certain to lead the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle at the faction's congress next month, daughter Puan Maharani is se