Senior officials have sought to play down suggestions that the Golkar Party will re-evaluate its decision to name its chairman, Aburizal Bakrie, as its presidential candidate for next y

National – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) has fired 95 members of the Regional General Election Commissions (KPUD) across the country over ethics violations.

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – A number of political parties, taking advantage of the annual Idul Fitri exodus to gain support ahead of the 2014 election, are providing rest facilities along C

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi is claiming that the Aceh administration has opened negotiations to change its official provincial flag and coat

Jakarta – Gen. (ret) Djoko Santoso claims he has told Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Agus Suhartono that he wants to run for president in the 2014 election.

Carlos Paath – Golkar chairman Aburizal Bakrie said he is considering asking the Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle to form a coalition with his party in t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Robertus Wardi – Joko Widodo, the governor of Jakarta, may be the pollsters' favorite to win the 2014 presidential election, but the final decision and th

Stephanie Hendarta – Aburizal Bakrie may not be the most popular presidential hopeful, but a new poll suggests the businessman and Golkar politician may at least be the among the most n

SP/Anastasia Winanti R – Disgraced Garut district head Aceng Fikri has filed to run for a vacant seat on Indonesia's Regional Representatives Council (DPD) in a move that left one obser

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has lambasted the General Elections Commission (KPU) for planning to allow underage children to be

SP/Robertus Wardhy & SP/Carlos Paath – With two recent surveys pointing to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's popularity amongst the Indonesian electorate, experts predictably confirmed

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With 17 ministers of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's 34-member Cabinet coming from six political parties in the government coalition, the misappropriati

When Diah Pitaloka took over the youth wing of Indonesia's third-biggest political party two years ago, her male colleagues addressed her as "Pak," which in Indonesian means "Mr."

Jakarta – As of Tuesday, the General Elections Commission (KPU) said the number of eligible voters for the 2014 elections from 30 provinces hit 177 million people.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After declining to comment on the rise of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Lt.

Dessy Aswim – Pramono Edhie Wibowo has been a Democratic Party member for less than two weeks and already the former Army chief of staff is being hailed as the obvious choice to replace

Carlos Paath & Yeremia Sukoyo – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo says he intends to decline an invitation to take part in the Democratic Party's convention to select its candidate for n

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) senior politician Sidarto Danusubroto has been inaugurated as speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), replacing th

Disna Harvens – Having watched the offspring of former presidents Sukarno and Suharto seek high office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is trying to built a dynasty of his own, groom

Jakarta – A rival faction within the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) called on the leadership of the party to withdraw its decision to nominate party chairman Gen.

Jakarta – Christianto Wibisono from the Institute of Indonesia Presidency says three political dynasties retain a firm hold on current Indonesian politics; namely the Sukarno family, th

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Robertus Wardi & Anastasia Wienanti Resardhy – Presidential hopefuls without the backing of one of Indonesia's political dynasties appear to stand little c

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A rescue team involving the military, police and volunteers is struggling through rain and rubble to search for bodies and deliver aid, which survivors of Tue

Jakarta – It was not until 2001 that Hary Tanoesoedibjo made his debut on the national stage after his company unexpectedly took over Soeharto family's media flagship.

Ina Parlina and Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – By recruiting his brother-in-law former Army chief Gen.

Jakarta – Senior lawyer and human rights activist Adnan Buyung Nasution has urged people not to choose 36 names recently listed by the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), as legislative

Jakarta – The Democratic Party has approved the membership of former Indonesian Army chief Gen.

More than half of Indonesians say they are unhappy with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership performance, adding to the weight of evidence that the leader has lost his touch

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – An new opinion poll by the state-run Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has found that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) could suffer virtual annihi

Ben Bland – Lunch with Prabowo Subianto, the former special forces commander who is running to be president of Indonesia, was never destined to be straightforward.

SP/Robertus Wardi – With his popularity steadily skyrocketing, political analysts have said that Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo is considered the man to beat in the 2014 presidential elec

Jakarta – The political system in Indonesia is controlled by a capitalist oligarchy.

Carlos Paath – The fact the country's biggest Islamic party remains in the ruling coalition despite its opposition to a fuel price hike signals the increasingly tenuous grip that Presid

Jakarta – Not only are political parties nominating more female candidates for the 2014 legislative election but some are placing 10 at the top of their candidate lists, a study has sho

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Quick count results show only some 57 percent of voters in Bandung turned up to vote in the mayoral election as Ridwan Kamil and his running mate lead the count on

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SP/Hotman Siregar – A group supporting Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's presidential candidacy has officially set itself up as a formal organization, one of its executives said o

Woodwing Importer – Djoko Santoso, the former military chief of staff, has thrown his hat into the ring for next year's presidential election, adding to the already swelling ranks of ex

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) have become the latest to jump on the bandwagon of Joko Widodo, the Jakarta governor and front-runner

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, who leads popularity polls for Indonesia's presidential election next year, affirmed his allegiance to the party of former leader Megawati Soekarnoputri an

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) claimed on Wednesday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono kicked the party out of the ruling coalition for rejecting the upc

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Amid speculation that Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri could still run for president in 2014, political ana

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The death of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) patron Taufiq Kiemas will leave the party more centered on his widow, former president Megawati

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo would emerge an easy winner if Indonesia's presidential election were held today, a political analyst said on Sunday.

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – Analysts have predicted that the Prosperous Justice Party's tough stance against the government's plan to increase the price of subsidized fuel will not bo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ezra Sihite & Yeremia Sukoyo – The ruling Democratic Party on Thursday demanded that coalition partner the Prosperous Justice Party swiftly remove banners

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has yet to make a decision regarding the fate of the "rebellious" Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Anis Matta denied rumors that the party was adopting Wahhabism as residents of Sampang, Madura, East Java protested his visit to the area on thos

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – A coalition of women's rights groups report that cases of violence against women have been on the rise in Aceh in the past two years.