Michael Bachelard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has consolidated his power and extended his lead over the country's opposition, winning the largest bloc of votes in the co

Tito Belo, Dili – East Timor voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election in which Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's party faces a stiff challenge from two opponents as it seeks to extend

Dili – East Timor is about to face a crucial test of its fragile democracy in parliamentary elections that will determine if UN peacekeepers can leave.

A civilian was killed and another wounded on Wednesday by an unidentified group of people in Siepkosi village, Walelagama district, Jayawijaya regency.

New Zealand MPs will be among official observers of East Timor's parliamentary elections this weekend.

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie made a show of strength after securing his party's nomination for the 2014 presidential election.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia & SP/Robertus Wardi – While a series of recent surveys show that Golkar will win the 2014 election, chairman Aburizal Bakrie, who on Friday wa

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanita – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum's calm demeanor following a grilling by antigraft officials on Wednesday was

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Golkar Party officially endorsed the nomination of chairman Aburizal Bakrie as the party's presidential hopeful at a national leadership meeting in Bogor

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Great Indonesia Movement Party has thrown its support behind the Democratic Party because its founder, Prabowo Subianto, is seeking the ruling party's sup

The Democratic Party still believes it can be victorious at the polls in the 2014 election, despite a flood of data pointing to the party's dwindling popularity.

Robertus Wardi – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie on Thursday named five potential vice presidential candidates to run with him in the 2014 election.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri has given her strongest hint yet that she may contest the 2014 presidential election, suggesting on Monday that moves t

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Ayah Din and Raja Muda, both members of the Aceh Party (PA), were reportedly shot by unidentified assailants while traveling home from the swearing-in ce

Ezra Sihite – The Golkar Party has set an ambitious target to win 30 percent of the votes in the 2014 legislative election, but analysts say that might not be enough to propel its chair

Jakarta – The Golkar Party is expected to nominate chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie as its presidential candidate for the 2014 election on July 1.

Ezra Sihite – The National Democrat Party has unveiled a war chest of up to Rp 3 trillion ($318 million) to help it win a massive 31 percent of seats at the House of Representatives in

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Tensions between Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah and his predecessor Irwandi Yusuf appear to have outlived the fraught election last April, with Zaini's supporte

Banda Aceh – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi inaugurated newly elected Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah and his deputy, Muzakir Manaf, at a ceremony here on Monday.

Slamet Susanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – Up to 78 Golkar Party branches officially declared Sunday their support for Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to run as the vice presi

The Timorese police today arrested two persons in Baucau, east of Dili, for stoning supporters of the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin) at the end of a rally for

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party chairman and business tycoon Aburizal Bakrie is reportedly considering Edhie Baskoro, the youngest son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as his running m

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia, Ezra Sihite & Bayu Marhaenjati – Neneng Sri Wahyuni's arrest is part of a wider plan to allow Anas Urbaningrum, the chairman of President Sus

Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum is warning his opponents that he is still in charge of the party and any efforts to topple him will fail.

Yogyakarta – A plenary session held by the Golkar Party's Yogyakarta provincial branch on Friday evening decided to propose Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of Yogyakarta Palace for the par

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's claim on Wednesday that his Democratic Party ranked only third in terms of the number of its members involved in corrupti

Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanitha – Amid speculation about what President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meant earlier this week when he asked troubled members of his Democratic Party to

Ezra Sihite – A decision by the National Democrat Party to give as much as Rp 10 billion ($1.1 million) to each of its candidates preparing to run for a seat in the House of Representat

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Ezra Sihite, SP/Robertus Wardi & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Surveys are finding that old faces will dominate the upcoming presidential campaign, with the latest poll placing general

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The Democratic Party has given antigraft officials until the end of next month to either name their chairman a corruption suspect or exonerate him of any role in a bid-rigging case.

Robertus Wardi – As Prabowo Subianto seeks the support of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a presidential run in 2014, his party is beginning to express its support for some of th

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have sprung to the defense of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie as he continues to take flak for the

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum has been fighting for his political survival since he was implicated months ago in several graft cases.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Wiranto, a retired Army general who was strongman President Suharto's last military chief, said on Tuesday that he would run for president in 2014, claiming t

Bayu Marhaenjati – With his Democratic Party struggling to produce a strong presidential candidate to put up in the 2014 election, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be looki

Damien Kingsbury – As Timor-Leste heads towards it parliamentary elections, it is increasingly likely that no single party will receive sufficient votes to hold an absolute majority in

This weekend, East Timor will see the installation of the new head of state after the recent presidential elections.

East Timor's new president says the 10th anniversary of his country's independence from Indonesia is a time for generational change.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives is forming a legal team to defend the newly enacted law that regulates the 2014 legislative elections against challenges by polit

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Robertus Wardi – Two years before the nation goes to the polls to elect the next president, a debate has emerged over the requirements for nominating c

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has denied talk of rift within the party after some senior politicians publicly questioned his presidential candidacy.

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Apriadi Gunawan and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Medan/Jakarta – Scores of Golkar members burned their yellow party jackets in Medan, North Sumatra, on Monday to protest against chairman Aburiza

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Robertus Wardi – With the electoral requirement that a political party or coalition of parties win at least 20 percent of votes in the legislative electio