President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin squared off against Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno last night in the first of five presidential debates.

James Massola, Jakarta – It was billed as the great debate on law, corruption, terrorism and human rights.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The first 2019 presidential debate between candidate pairs Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Un

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Ma'ruf Amin was anything but young and millennial – until he showed up for the first presidential debate on Thursday night.

Sheany and Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – Incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was not shy to throw a few jabs in the first presidential debate on Thursday, pushing his challenger, Prabowo Subian

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A subdued performance from Joko Widodo's running mate in the first televised election debate has raised questions over his ability to support the Indonesian Pr

Resty Woro Yuniar – Indonesian presidential contender Prabowo Subianto on Thursday blamed terror attacks in the country on foreigners and said homegrown extremism was the result of Ind

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – With their moustaches, traditional headwear and big campaign promises, Nurhadi and Aldo resemble almost any other politician.

The much-awaited first presidential debate finally took place on Thursday evening, pitting incumbent President Joko Widodo and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin against Prabowo Subianto and

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Incumbent Joko Widodo will face his only challenger for the Indonesian presidency, former Army general Prabowo Subianto, on Thursday in the first televised deb

Jakarta – Attacking each other, slander and the use of SARA (sectarian and identity politics) being accentuated by the presidential election candidates is disappointing the millennial

James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Terrorism, human rights, legal affairs and corruption will take centre stage when President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his opponent Prabowo

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The 2019 presidential race appears to have overshadowed the legislative election in the past few months, leaving in the shade the battle among politic

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The presidential election debate can influence undecided voters, but it is unlikely to change the minds of those who have thrown support behind Joko "

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.

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

Alexander R Arifianto – Prabowo Subianto enters the 2019 Indonesian presidential election with lukewarm elite support as well as lack of financial resources to fund his campaign.

Contrary to what his campaign chairman hinted, Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto did not announce his withdrawal from the presidential race during a televised address yesterday evenin

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

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 – 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

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 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)

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 – 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

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 – 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 (

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 – 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.

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

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