Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the General Elections Commission (KPU) are set to coordinate with the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) to evaluate pote

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police force is to deploy up to 2,000 officers to secure the first presidential debate at the Bidakara Hotel in South Jakarta, which is scheduled for Thursday.

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Jakarta – The Aceh Clerics Council, which groups Muslim clerics in Aceh, said that it has postponed indefinitely the Quran reading test it proposed for presidential candidates Joko "Jo

It appears that the Aceh-based Council of Preachers Association (IDA) is quite insistent that Indonesia's presidential and VP candidates take a Quran reading test in order to prove the

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto was questioned on Friday for allegedly violating the Election Law after raising his index figure during a meeting with vice-presid

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has criticized the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and demands that it be more selective in responding to reports after being cleared o

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) hopes that the candidates who will fight it out in the 2019 presidential election can explain their views

John McBeth, Jakarta – To no one's surprise, conservative cleric Ma'ruf Amin, the 75-year-old running mate forced on President Joko Widodo at the nomination deadline, is proving to be

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is proposing deep tax cuts to stimulate South-east Asia's largest economy, copying the playbook successfully us

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Vice president candidate Sandiaga Uno today, January 11, conducted a campaign visit to an Islamic Boarding School or Pesantren Al-Wahdah in Rembang, Ce

Jakarta – As the moderator of the 2019 presidential debate held by the General Elections Commission (KPU), seasoned host Ira Koesno said she wants a fierce debate between the candidate

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has rejected the revision to the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno presidential candidate vision and mission document, which had been submi

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has given its nod to Hanura Party chairman Oesman Sapta Odang's candidacy for a seat on the Regional Representatives Council (DPD)

Adri Wanto – West Sumatra is the only province in Indonesia where more than 50% of its population are consistently dissatisfied with the performance of the Joko Widodo ("Jokowi") gover

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairperson Agus Rahardjo says that the panelists and the presidential election campaign teams of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

Jakarta – Participants of the Kamisan (Thursday) actions in Jakarta are pessimistic that either presidential candidate (capres) is willing to resolve cases of past gross human rights (

Jakarta – While supporters of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto have been trading increasingly vindictive blows online, the results of the latest

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Voters have expressed mixed responses over the General Elections Commission's (KPU) decision to provide presidential candidate pairs the list of quest

Jakarta – A National Awakening Party (PKB) politician of Chinese descent has filed a police report against a senior Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) official for questioning his use of M

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Religious intolerance is on the rise in Indonesia as conservative Muslims regain political clout ahead of general elections scheduled for April, a sign that th

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), one of the country's youngest and most progressive political parties, is certainly not shy about being provocative.

Fikri Arigi, Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The General Elections Committee (KPU) announced that presidential and vice presidential candidates of the upcoming electoral debate expected to be

Jakarta (Antara) – Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Agus Rahardjo has become one of the panelists for the first debate of presidential and vice presidential cand

Lynn Lee – As the strains of Taiwanese star Teresa Teng's hit song The Moon Represents My Heart filled a ballroom in North Jakarta last month, an array of mobile phones were trained on

Amy Chew, Kuala Lumpur – Indonesian trader Darsil Abd Muis has been spending weekends and all his free time together with some 500 volunteers in Malaysia campaigning for presidential h

Jakarta – The campaign team of Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno was disappointed with the decision of the General Election Commission (KPU) to cancel the presentation of each candidat

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The latest news coming from the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin campaign team treasurer reported that it managed to collect IDR 55.9 billion in campaign funds (LPSDK) up to J

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Spokesman for the Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Uno electoral campaign team Ahmad Riza Patria said that his team's candidates will put forth corruption an

Another day, another mishap for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesia is preparing for a presidential election in April that will see a rematch of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, who had competed for

With Indonesia's 2019 presidential election fast approaching, both candidate pairs have yet to go directly head-to-head against each other in a debate.

Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The election campaign team of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin says that they support the proposed Koran reading test for

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) says that there is a party which has a "stomach ache" over the invitation by the Aceh Proselytizin

Jakarta – Reports about the exploitation of voter data in elections overseas, coupled with uncertainty surrounding the deliberation of the data privacy bill at home, should be sufficien

Muslims aren't allowed to wish Christians a Merry Christmas – at least according to one contentious interpretation of Islamic law.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais, who is known as an outspoken critic of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is being pressured to step down f

Muhammad Cohen Bali – Indonesia will hold national legislative and presidential elections in April 2019, and although the official campaign has not yet begun, the political scene is alr

Ahmad Rafiq (contributor), Jakarta – Presidential candidate of the upcoming 2019 Indonesian election, Prabowo Subianto, issued yet another controversial statement which has gone viral.

The National Mandate Party (PAN), a major party in Indonesia's opposition coalition, is seemingly going through an extremely turbulent time with a public denouncement of its founding fa

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto denied the allegation related to bad relationship between the Prabowo-Sandiaga National Campaign Agency (BPN) and the Demo

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto was optimistic that more party members would support President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's reelection bid next year.

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Meaghan Tobin – Last week, a delegation from India arrived in Jakarta to discuss the sale of raw sugar to Indonesia.

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru Police have named two individuals, identified as KS and MW, as suspects of vandalizing campaign material belonging to the Indonesian Democratic

James Massola, Amilia Rosa & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – He's a controversial former army general, multi-millionaire businessman and failed presidential and vice-presidential candidat

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Dozens of Democratic Party (PD) flags and banners were found ripped off and torn in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Saturday, just as chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoy

Jakarta – As the presidential election draws near and has begun to divide the nation, Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto's history has been the subject of many attacks from political opponents.

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin have released their platform for the 2019 presidential election, giving it the title Indonesia Ma