Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – The revision of the Regional Elections Law has reached deadlock with the government and the House of Representatives at loggerheads regarding the minimum requirements that s

Human rights watchdog Imparsial has renewed its opposition to a proposal that active military and police personnel be granted the right to contest regional elections without having to resign from a

Erika Anindita Dewi – The steering committee of the Golkar Party's extraordinary national congress (Munaslub) has decided to collect contributions of Rp 5 billion (US$379,000) to Rp 10 billion from

As part of efforts to reduce corruption at the regional level, activists have urged lawmakers to require incumbent local leaders to resign their posts before seeking re-election.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – Despite earlier defeats in legal battles over his legitimacy, Muhammad Romahurmuziy has been unanimously elected chair of the pro-government United Development Party (PPP).

Erika Anindita Dewi – The United Development Party (PPP) declared Muhammad Romahurmuziy its new chairman during its eighth national congress (Muktamar) at Pondok Gede Haj Dormitory in East Jakarta

Elly Burhaini Faizal – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) confirmed on Monday that one of its politicians, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah, had been dismissed in a written stat

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – The noken voting system will be still used in regional elections in Papua, as the social custom of the Papuan people, which has been passed across generations,

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Factions at the House of Representatives rejected on Monday a proposed sanction for political parties that fail to endorse candidates in local elections.

Jakarta – A legal and political expert has said ex-graft convicts and corruption suspects should not be allowed to run in local elections and if necessary, the government should revoke their politi

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – A member of the Papua Legislative Council (DPRD) from the Hanura Party, Yan Mandenas, said the noken voting system implemented in the Pegunungan Tengah mountai

Jakarta – More than 23,000 people have signed an online petition launched on Change.org to reject tighter requirements being imposed on independent candidates running for office, like the popular g

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Fearing tougher competition, lawmakers have rallied to increase the minimum support requirements for independent candidates to run in local elections.

Jakarta – The Democratic Party has started to prepare its ultimate member and founder, former first lady Kristiani Herrawati, popularly known as Ani Yudhoyono, to run in the 2019 presidential elect

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on lawmakers to find a solution to migrant workers who were disenfranchised in the Dec. 9, 2015 regional elections.

Venidora Oliveira – Twenty-nine political parties have registered with the National Commission for Election (CNE) to take part in the 2017 national elections.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The tug of war for influence in Indonesian politics has heated up with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) expressing discontent with the latest dev

Jakarta – The House Of Representatives is set to allow former convicts to run in local elections through an amendment to the Regional Elections (Pilkada) Law.

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who is also a former chairman of the Golkar Party, said the democratic process was costly, but not all political expenses could be directly categorized as "mon

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) decided over the weekend that it would not directly take part in the upcoming Golkar Party national congress slated for April.

Tom Allard – East Timor's president has compared former prime ministers Xanana Gusmao and Mari Alkatiri to the Indonesian dictator Suharto, saying there was "widespread discontent" among the public

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) agreed to appoint Emron Pangkapi as interim party chairman during its national meeting (Mukernas) on Thursday.

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Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – MPs from East Timor's major political parties are moving to impeach the country's President as tensions rise again in the former Indonesian-controlled island nation.

Tama Salim, Jakarta – As reports of vote-buying and money politics tied to the Golkar Party begin to make the rounds ahead of the party's upcoming congress to elect a new chairman, party leaders ha

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has reactivated a decree that recognized the United Development Party's (PPP) leadership as that decided at a national congress (muktamar

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) is caught in a new tangle after the government handed party leadership to a former chairman convicted in a graft case to end leadership dualism.

Jakarta – A public opinion survey conducted by the Kompas daily research department found that the job approval rating of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was at an all time high.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After being largely left out of handling disputes resulting from last year's simultaneous regional elections, the Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) has deman

Jakarta – A senior member of the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), Hidayat Nur Wahid, has insisted that the opposition Red-and-White Coalition (KMP) continues to remain in existence, de

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – One faction of the internally riven United Development Party conveyed its intention to reach an islah or reconciliation in a national meeting on Friday.

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has taken another major step forward in healing its internal rift after the leaders of the two rival camps agreed to restore the rights of party members who w

Jakarta – Golkar Party executive Ade Komarudin has questioned the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) plan to involve itself in the party's upcoming extraordinary national congress.

Tama Salim, Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In an attempt to end the drawn-out leadership dispute between the two rival camps of the Golkar Party, Law and Human Rights Minister Yas

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) leadership formed at a November 2014 national meeting (mukernas) in Jakarta appears to have learned the lesson that current political reality dictates t

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The leadership dispute within the Golkar Party is unlikely to end anytime soon as the rival camps within the party still insist on their respective agendas.

Jakarta – Gerindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto said he would not oppose a plan by the Golkar Party leadership to join the ruling coalition.

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, has reiterated its commitment to stay with the opposing Red-White Coalition led by Prabowo Subianto amid speculations that it would switch sides and

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Critics have lambasted what they deemed as political intervention from Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly in the internal affairs of the Golkar Party and t

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Muhammad Romahurmuziy-led camp of the United Development Party (PPP) has claimed that the revocation of a decree that had approved Romahurmuziy's leadership

Jakarta – Papua has lodged the most regional head election dispute claims with the Constitutional Court, a court official has said.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Golkar Party leadership under Aburizal Bakrie has called on the Law and Human Rights Ministry to issue a decree to recognize the party's new leadership structure followi

Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah predicts a rough year ahead for the opposition bloc, the Red-White Coalition, with his own party starting to show signs of support for

Jakarta – The members of the opposition parties grouped in the Red-and-White Coalition (KMP) are no longer solid, following the wish of the National Mandate Party (PAN) to join the ruling coalition

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has revoked a decree that previously recognized the Golkar Party leadership as that which emanated from a national meeting (Munas) at Hotel M

Jakarta – The Golkar Party looks to be distancing itself from its beleaguered stalwart Setya Novanto, with one politician predicting that it would be hard for the House of Representativ

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has said that the government will issue a ministerial decree soon to recognize Aburizal Bakrie as Golkar Party chairman to follow u

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has reiterated its commitment to remain outside the government camp following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to implement another Cab

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has denied the claim that he has promised to allocate two ministerial posts for the National Mandate Party (PAN) in exchange for the party's sup