Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Megawati Sukarnoputri on Thursday firmly ruled out an alliance between her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and President

A top Democratic Party official said on Tuesday that grassroots members were demanding that the party kick the Golkar Party and Prosperous Justice Party out of the governing coalition.

Anita Rachman, Makassar – A banner hanging prominently at the Sudiang Hajj dormitory boldly proclaims: "Save Nahdlatul Ulama From the Influence of Fundamentalism, Radicalism, and Libera

Camelia Pasandaran – The likelihood of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle joining President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party-led coalition is increasing every day, D

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Two political foes – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle – may be growing closer since

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) warned Thursday that direct elections across the region would be prone to corruption and reminded candidates vying f

Ulma Haryanto – The Constitutional Court on Thursday put an end to the long and bitter dispute between the nation's two election oversight bodies, granting the Election Supervisory Boar

Febriamy Hutapea – The Prosperous Justice Party, which broke ranks with the Democratic Party-led coalition during the legislative probe into the bailout of Bank Century, is accusing the

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Still smarting over the perceived treachery of its coalition partners in the Bank Century bailout investigation, the ruling Democratic Party vowed on Wednesday

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The Democratic Party has been working behind the scenes to see if its governing coalition can be salvaged to ensure a workable partnership between President Su

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Whoever is elected next week to head the country's largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, would maintain its distance from politic

Anita Rachman & Camelia Pasandaran – The government body tasked with supervising elections has painted a grim picture ahead of the 244 provincial, regional and municipal polls sched

The Lowy Institute's latest paper (Indonesia and Australia: time for a step change) on Australian Indonesian relations describes the relationship as being "not on a firm footing".

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Six candidates will contest the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairmanship at the upcoming congress in March, the organization said Sunday.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has seized the running in a tough fight for political supremacy, declaring his main priority as leader is en

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Amien Rais, the chairman of the advisory board of the National Mandate Party (PAN), said on Friday that he is ready to run as a candidate to take back the cha

Hans David Tampubolon and Adianto P.

Camelia Pasandaran – A drawn-out battle between the Election Supervisory Board and the General Election Commission on Tuesday finally entered another phase as the board filed a request

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda – The political marriage between the Democratic Party and the Prosperous Justice Party seems to be heading toward a messy divorce.

Eko Widianto, Jakarta – Mining company under the politically-connected Bakrie Brothers group, Lapindo Brantas, sent on Thursday (25/2) another proxy to run for the seat of Sidoarjo Rege

Febriamy Hutapea – Claiming that it is not about to allow stinging recommendations to break the ruling coalition apart, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party vowed on We

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – With just over a month to go until the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chooses it next chairperson, a group of party members has filed a compla

Never one to take baby steps, media magnate Surya Paloh said on Wednesday that neither he nor his recently formed social organization was the type to just sit back and watch, signaling

Jakarta – Democracy activists have accused a group affiliated with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party of attacking the office of Bendera, a rival group associated wit

Febriamy Hutapea – An analyst has criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's use of implied "political threats" against his coalition partners over the Bank Century bailout inquiry

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – Regional elections across Central Java province are two months away but many regencies and municipalities are allegedly not ready due to problems such as lack

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Delegates at the People's Conscience Party's first national conference in Surabaya over the weekend wasted no time in re-electing former general Wiranto as pa

Jakarta – Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri and former vice president Jusuf Kalla were among political bigwigs who turned up for the opening of the People's Conscience (Hanura) Pa

Muninggar Saraswati & Antara – Declaring that he would not back down in the race to assume the chairmanship of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-P), Guruh Sukarnoput

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Ismira Lutfia – A faction within the United Development Party is considering withdrawing from the ruling coalition in response to the Corruption Eradicatio

Hans David Tampobolon and Adianto P.

Febriamy Hutapea – If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could very well be thanking Surya Paloh. But probably not.

Jakarta – Almost none of the administrative regions that will hold elections this year have approved budgets proposed by local polling commissions, putting the scheduled political agend

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Political analysts on Thursday said the ruling Democratic Party should not hesitate to trim its coalition after it had openly accused th

Nivell Rayda & Markus Juanto Sihaloho – A coalition of minor political parties on Sunday threatened a class-action lawsuit against three of the country's oldest parties over their u

Medan – After humbling losses at the polls in 2009, the Golkar Party is aiming to attract at least 40 million votes and win the general legislative elections in 2014, party chairman Abu

Founding president Sukarno's son Guruh Soekarnoputra announced Saturday his bid for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) top job, which may lead him to a possible showd

The political fortunes of the National Awakening Party were dealt another blow on Tuesday, after a spokesperson for Zannuba Arifah Chafsoh said a rival party would be launched.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Yenny Wahid, the daughter of late former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, has rebuffed peace overtures by National Awakening Party chairman Muhaimin Iska

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The weekend election of economic czar Hatta Rajasa to lead the National Mandate Party should provide much-needed positive political news

Camelia Pasandaran – With one Islam-based political party already tearing itself in two, the National Mandate Party was running the same risk by selecting Hatta Rajasa and Drajad Wibowo

Febriamy Hutapea – The smallest political party with seats in the House of Representatives, the People's Conscience Party, has formed a coalition with seven obscure political parties to

Nivell Rayda – The battle over George Junus Aditjondro's controversial book "Membongkar Gurita Cikeas", or "Unravelling the Cikeas Octopus", heated up on Wednesday with the publisher sa

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – On the even of the National Mandate Party's (PAN) national congress, a senior member has called the congress "illegal" and criticized su

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Calls have mounted for tighter regulations of election campaign funds, with the controversial newly launched book Cikeas Octopus suggesting "illegal" flows of s

Camelia Pasandaran & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The General Elections Commission was facing growing calls on Monday to order a complete re-audit of presidential campaign donations fo

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Calls for unity and reconciliation by National Awakening Party chairman Muhaimin Iskandar have been dismissed by members of a splinter group, who claim he is t

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – After the hectic string of national and presidential elections, residents in the regions will be at the polls again with local direct elections scheduled for t

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – As former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, one of the founders of the National Awakening Party, lay in hospital on Friday, an internal conflict within th

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – All the stars are lining up for Hatta Rajasa, a confidant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to assume control of the National Mandate Party (PAN) at its n