Muhamad Al Azhari & Ardian Wibisono – The business community welcomed quick-count poll figures suggesting that incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, had easily won a second

Papuan independence activists are calling for a mass boycott of tomorrow's Indonesian presidential election.

Olivia Rondonuwu and Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Complaints of voter list irregularities by the two challengers for Indonesia's presidency soured the mood on the eve of elections on Tuesd

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Febriamy Hutapea & Ferry Irwanto – The Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that eligible voters not on the final voters list for

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Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The presidential and vice presidential debates, particularly on the peace-maker issue, have considerably influenced the Acehnese and led them to rethink

Febriamy Hutapea, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Presidential candidates, politicians and analysts broadly welcomed Monday's Constitutional Court ruling aimed

Jakarta – A survey released Saturday has revealed presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto benefited the most from the series of televised debates ran for the fir

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's rivals in next week's presidential election claim the incumbent is clutching at straws to retain his presidency, after Yudhoyono's recent

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is still the favorite to win next week's presidential election, says the latest survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court announced Friday the media were allowed to publish any election-related news during the campaign-free period between July 5 and 7, prior to the July 8

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Sealing a political contract with a labor association is no guarantee of automatic support from the voters that constitute that group, a discussion heard Frid

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's replacement at the helm of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle may not necessarily come from the Sukarno family line, the matr

Dicky Christanto and Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Jusuf Kalla criticized his rival Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his frequently aired campaign ads calling for a single-rou

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri, who has placed well behind Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in recent polls, has blamed the incumbent president's "selective" policy on combati

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Boediono, incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's running mate, formally turned down an offer from the chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party to acco

Anita Rachman – Religious figures have urged the presidential candidates, their campaign teams and supporters to cease politicizing religion, saying it was demeaning and had the potenti

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Febriamy Hutapea – A statement made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's spokesman and campaign team member Andi Mallarangeng sparked protests in Makass

Nivel Rayda, Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Swords were finally crossed as a political ad became the center of a heated argument between two of the presidential candid

Adianto P Simamora, Jakarta – On Tuesday, the final round of debates between vice presidential candidates ended without any surprises, with only Boediono and Prabowo Subianto exchanging

Previously secret US State Department documents implicate the President of Indonesia in a probable cover-up of an ambush in West Papua.

Jakarta – The Setara Institute, a civil society group focusing on improving the country's pluralism, on Tuesday criticized presidential candidates who have used religion to attract vote

Jakarta – The results of a new survey released Tuesday show Jakartans preferred a single-round presidential election because they thought a second round would be a waste of money.

Arlina Arshad – The saccharine world of Indonesian pop music is being rocked by a new wave of underground bands that aren't afraid to take aim at the country's political elite ahead of

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Solo – Puan Maharani, Megawati Soekarnoputri's daughter, on Sunday blamed the electoral roll fraud in the April 9 legislative elections for the defeat of the Indonesian Democratic Party

Jakarta – While management of foreign debt is considered as one of the most crucial problems for most people, it has been a non-issue during the election.

Febriamy Hutapea – The three presidential candidates and their campaign teams should stick to campaigning on the issues, rather than attacking each other or defending themselves against

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The second round presidential debate looked for a while more like a two-man show instead of three, with two candidates engaging in lively arguments while the th

Ferry Irwanto & Camelia Pasandaran – After a listless first debate more than a week ago, presidential candidates on Thursday gave a much livelier performance during their second nat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Febriamy Hutapea – The campaign team for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono's presidential ticket demanded on Wednesday that r

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has found in its latest study that even though the popularity of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on the decline, h

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran – Despite attempts to spur more lively discussions and avoid a repeat of the snoozer that marked last week's first debate, the first vice president

Jakarta – Fifteen days ahead of the presidential election, millions of voters are still yet to be registered on the electoral roll (DPT), depriving them of their constitutional right to

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has handed down a verdict confirming election fraud did take place in South Sulawesi and ruled in favor of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura).

The victories of local parties in last April's provincial and district elections in Aceh are further confirmation of the success of the peace process underway since August 2005, says TA

Jakarta – While still the front-runner in the presidential race, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has seen his popularity drop days after the official campaign period began, with Vice

Jakarta – With billions of rupiah up for grabs, the 2009 presidential election has set the stage for a "survey war" among polling institutes as the lucrative business of political consu

Jakarta – residential candidate Jusuf Kalla on Sunday refused to sign a political contract proposed by university students in Central Java.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – It is sarcastically known as a "three-in-one" event – a reference to Jakarta's pointless peak-hour traffic regulation prohibiting cars with fewer than thr

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Most victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, have expressed disappointment that none of the candidates in the presidential e

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Vice presidential candidate Boediono's perceived lack of religious credentials remains a continuing source of attention, even by his coalition allies.

Pontianak – Supporters of presidential aspirant Jusuf Kalla have talked up his talents as a peace broker, saying it makes him fit for the office of president.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – More National Mandate Party members on Thursday denounced their party's backing of Democratic Party candidate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and pledged t

Jakarta – Legislators have expressed concern the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) could be misused during the election as the state body is under the command of the President who is camp

The State Intelligence Agency says it is monitoring friction between supporters of the three rival presidential campaign camps but adds that the situation is under control.

Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) secretary-general Zulkifli Hasan says his party will punish members who do not support their coalition with the Democratic Party (PD) and the reel

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's choice of former Bank Indonesia governor Boediono as running mate in the upcoming presidential elections has led him to declining

Jakarta – Despite recent opposition from a number of the party's elites, the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS) says it would stick to its decision to support the re-election of incumbent Pre