Jakarta – Middle-ranking officials from the National Mandate Party (PAN) and Golkar reiterated on Saturday that they had no plans to jump ship from Prabowo's Subianto's permanent coalit
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August 23, 2014
August 22, 2014
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – It appears to be the end of the road for chief patron of the Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto after the Constitutional Court issued its verdict on Thursday, reject
Jakarta – Exactly 16 years to the day that an Officers Ethics Council issued an order dismissing him from military service for his alleged role in the abduction and torture of political
Yuliasri Perdani, Bandung – Six protesters and one policeman were injured on Thursday during a rally held by supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto prior to the Co
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – A furious Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said on Friday that he would send a bill to the coordinator of Thursday's protests in support of
August 21, 2014
Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto tried to overrun police lines and attack the country's Constitutional Court late on Thursda
Jakarta – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) said Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioners breached ethical codes by opening ballot boxes without a court orde
Jakarta – As Indonesia's Constitutional Court continued to deliberate on its final verdict on losing candidate Prabowo Subianto's legal challenge on Thursday, the country's electoral et
Jakarta – Prabowo campaign team spokesperson Tantowi Yahya said Thursday that the losing presidential pair Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa accepted the Constitutional Court's verdict
August 20, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the hearing on the July 9 presidential election dispute approaches its denouement at the Constitutional Court, the camp of losing candidate Prabowo Subi
August 16, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Expert witnesses helped the General Elections Commission (KPU) appear strong during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Friday in its defense against
August 15, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The presidential election dispute hearing at the Constitutional Court took an unexpected turn on Thursday as one of the witnesses testified on the alleged
August 14, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) grilled members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Wednesday over the opening of ballot boxes prior
Jakarta – An executive of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Wednesday that no leaders of political parties in its coalition would be nominated for ministerial
August 13, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The panel of justices at the Constitutional Court grilled on Tuesday members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) about why they insisted on wrapping
August 12, 2014
Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) appeared strong during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Monday, with witnesses from Regional General Elections
August 11, 2014
Stephen Sherlock – A huge sigh of relief that Prabowo was (just) defeated and that Indonesia will not be led by relic of the New Order, a xenophobe... well we all know the rest.
Jayapura – Amid growing public disillusionment with the statesmanship of the losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, one of his trusted confidantes has openly declared he will u
August 10, 2014
Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Experts have urged losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa to step up their legal game or risk further embarrassing themse
Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has reportedly sacked the party's deputy chairman, Agung Laksono.
August 9, 2014
Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Supporters of the losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa threatened to besiege the Constitutional Court on Monday to forc
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A legal pressure group said on Friday that it had made a police complaint against four polling organizations on the grounds they had subverted data to show P
Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia's election commission is demanding the Constitutional Court to reject the legal challenge filed by losing presidential candidate
August 8, 2014
Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has led his Democratic party in a political about-face, withdrawing support previously given by party officials for Prabowo Subianto's Merah
August 7, 2014
Carlos Paath, Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is expected to reject a lawsuit filed by losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto based on a
August 6, 2014
Erwida Maulia & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The team of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto says it will dispatch thousands of supporters in Jakarta to the Constitutional Co
Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto testified before Indonesia's final electoral court of appeal on Wednesday, telling judges that "North Korean" levels of fraud ha
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August 5, 2014
SP/Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Despite being a member of a rival coalition, the Democratic Party said it will not support calls to block president-elect Joko Widodo from being sworn in pr
Jakarta – Political experts said that complaints filed with the Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) by a number of parties supporting the Prabowo-Hatta presidential campaign wer
August 4, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The legal team of Gerindra Party presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto is trying to call into question the official vote tally result of the presidential e
Jakarta – Three organizations linked to the Golkar Party are planning to hold a national meeting in an initial move to rally for an early end to Aburizal Bakrie's chairmanship of the pa
Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the hearing on an election dispute at the Constitutional Court filed by the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa ticket is about to commence, its supporters have
Jakarta – Supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Monday locked the entrance gate of the General Election Commission (KPU) and called for its commissioners to be
August 2, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – While struggling to amend errors in documents supporting a challenge to presidential election results at the Constitutional Court, the campaign team for th
August 1, 2014
Jakarta – The legal team for the Gerindra Party's presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, reported the General Elections Commission (KPU) to the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu)
July 31, 2014
Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S.
July 30, 2014
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President-elect Joko Widodo extended a plea on Tuesday to the political parties under Prabowo Subianto's coalition to part ways with the defeated preside
Jakarta – Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo has reiterated his offer to parties supporting his rival, Prabowo Subianto, to join his new government – a move that has prompted worry
July 28, 2014
Jakarta – The victory of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has prompted more prominent members of the United Development Party (PPP) and the Democratic Party to join his team of supp
July 25, 2014
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With this year's presidential election featuring two presidential candidates with contrasting styles, many predicted voter turnout would reach a record hig
Josua Gantan & Adelia Anjani Putri, Jakarta – The campaign team of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto arrived outside Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Friday with a 2
Jakarta – The ex-general who lost Indonesia's presidential election to Jakarta governor Joko Widodo mounted a legal challenge to the result on Friday, alleging widespread electoral frau
July 24, 2014
Liam Gammon – Since his loss in Indonesia's presidential election became known not long after polls closed on 9 July, Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory based on bogus quick counts, c
Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Joko Widodo's victory in Indonesia's presidential election has inspired fresh hope that the country can finally resolve human rights abuses that have gone unadd
Jakarta – The campaign team of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has reported the North Jakarta office of the General Elections Commission, or KPU, to the police because, a
July 23, 2014
Michael Bachelard – Defeated Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will challenge the result of the election in the country's constitutional court, citing "irregularities"
Kanupriya Kapoor & Randy Fabi, Jakarta – After winning Indonesia's closest ever presidential election, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo now faces what could be his toughest battle yet – winning
Ina Parlina and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Gerindra Party presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto humiliated himself on Tuesday by rejecting the 2014 presidential election result and p
Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The loser of the presidential election, Prabowo Subianto, may well have to swallow his claim that he has absolutely no trust in the state i
