Erwida Maulia and Irawaty Wardany, Denpasar/Jakarta – State Secretary Hatta Radjasa acknowledges the country's debt has increased over the past five years, but says the public should no

The dispute between the rival camps of presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over who brought peace to Aceh continued on Sunday, with claims that Kalla was be

Camelia Pasandaran & Ferry Irwanto – The recent release of survey results from polling institutions linked to political campaign teams has brought into sharp focus the purpose behin

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Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta - Jakarta's sophisticated set has a joke about why Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will win the presidential election next month – and it has nothing to do with hi

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's party appeared to court former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid on Thursday for a political alliance as she ramped up her challen

The "jockeys" in the three-horse race for the Presidential Palace are exploring different strategies to reach the finish, ranging from military-style campaigns to luring sympathy from k

The three presidential hopefuls have kicked off their campaigns with heavy contributions from retired top brass from the intelligence community.

Jakarta – Money politics is difficult to eradicate in Indonesia, but it is not appropriate to blame the poor for receiving money from campaigning parties, a political expert says.

The decision to exclude human rights from the topics to be discussed by the presidential and vice presidential candidates in televised debates organised by Indonesia's General Elections

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers, mostly from West Java and Banten, gathered recently at Ragunan Sport Center to support Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Bandar Lampung – The Lampung province I regional leadership board (DPD) of the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) is calling on its members to block presidential and vice pre

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – The re-election of the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, may not be the cakewalk many are expecting.

Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – He's rich, he's controversial, and he's unabashedly trying to amass power.

Camelia Pasandaran – A tetchy rivalry between election pollsters turned to embarrassment on Tuesday as three leading groups acknowledged that some of their surveys had been skewed by in

Jakarta – Negative, personalized campaigns are intensifying among presidential and vice presidential candidates, which according to a political analyst violated the political code of et

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Megawati Soekarnoputri signed Saturday a political contract with labor unions in Kerawang, West Java, vowing to phase out outsourcing, wh

Jakarta – In contrast to a survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) less than a week ago, the results of a survey published by the Information Research Institute (LRI)

Surabaya – Despite recent surveys showing 70 percent support for incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, it is unlikely the upcoming presidential election will be decided in a sin

While Vice President Jusuf Kalla spent the weekend campaigning, senior officials from his Golkar Party held a second round of meetings to discuss replacing him as party chairman, possib

Jakarta – A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group member pledged Saturday to rally support for presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, or SBY, and his running mate B

Keno Gunawan & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Presidential candidate and businessman Jusuf Kalla struck back on Friday against a statement by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that a pr

The Jakarta Post's senior editor, Manggi Habir, and reporter, Aditya Suharmoko, recently met with several economists to get their views on recent economic policy statements made by the

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is likely to win the July 8 presidential election in a single round victory, with 70 percent of votes, a survey by Indonesian Survey Institu

Camelia Pasandaran – A top polling organization said that it received funding from a campaign consulting firm working on behalf of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign team, in

Febriamy Hutapea – The five million people added to the new national voters list for the July 8 presidential election will remain a mystery until the General Elections Commission (KPU)

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Economists said the current debate presidential hopefuls were partaking in, about the virtues of a "people's economy" versus so-called neoliberalism, was act

Jakarta – Various watchdog bodies have reported irregularities in the campaign funds of presidential candidates.

Jakarta – Two farmers associations will likely split in the upcoming presidential election, with the Indonesian Farmers Council (DTI) backing the incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudh

Max Lane – Three tickets have been nominated for the Indonesian presidential elections on July 9.

Ferry Irwanto – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri was criticized on Sunday for failing the day before to respect the office of the president after she appeared to twice snob incumb

Jakarta – The recent tantrums between elite politicians ahead of the presidential election have failed to address the nation's crucial issues, showing their lack of political maturity,

Jakarta – It was more bad news and a black anniversary gift for the thousands of displaced people commemorating three years since the Lapindo mudflow disaster destroyed their livelihood

Jakarta – Registering some Rp 20.75 billion (around US$2 million), the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Boediono candidate pair have declared the largest amount of initial campaign funds compar

Jakarta – The presidential candidate with the strongest links to experienced intelligence experts will have an edge in the upcoming presidential election, political expert Arbi Sanit sa

Pandaya, Jakarta – Neoliberalism?

Febriamy Hutapea – The House of Representatives' proposed investigation into the flawed voters list used for the legislative elections may backfire on the parties that supported the inq

Jakarta – Apparent displays of disloyalty toward President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by a number of parties in his coalition recently are simply a political ploy to increase bargaining p

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto have closed their popularity rating gap with the leading ticket of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono, thank

Jakarta – Several parties aligned in a political coalition with President SBY spearheaded a move Tuesday by the House to scrutinize the government over the electoral roll fiasco, which

Despite serious problems with flawed voter lists and complicated voting procedures, last month's elections in Indonesia passed off relatively peacefully with a rainbow of secular and re

Febriamy Hutapea – Golkar Party chairman Vice President Jusuf Kalla should prepare himself to step down as party chairman if he fails to win the presidency in the July 8 election, one o

Febriamy Hutapea – Following reports of rifts within the parties supporting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election drive, a Democratic Party leader on Tuesday called on the co

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is coming under scrutiny over his credentials in making peace with separatists in Papua, as well as quelling sectarian conf

Several National Mandate Party (PAN) members may have been spotted recently supporting other presidential candidates, but the party's leaders say they remain firm in their support for P

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Presidential hopeful Megawati Sukarnoputri and her running mate, Prabowo Subianto, delivered important political promises to their supporters at the launch of

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's Armed Forces of yesteryear returned to politics on Monday when 10 retired generals pledged their loyalty to Vice President Jusuf Kalla's bid to wi

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