Ted McDonnell – Doctor, human rights worker and refugee are just a few of the labels put on Angela Freitas. The next tag may be East Timorese president.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The upcoming gubernatorial elections in Aceh are facing uncertainty following a move by the ruling Aceh Party (PA) to challenge the Independent Election

East Timor will hold its second presidential election as an independent nation on March 17, President Jose Ramos-Horta said, as UN peacekeepers prepare to pull out of the once-restive c

East Timor will hold its second presidential election on March 17, as UN peacekeepers prepare to depart.

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) political division, Puan Maharani, leads thousands of party members and sympathizers in commemorating the party'

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – An Aceh lawmaker's home was shot at and attacked with fuel bombs on Tuesday, an act that appears to undermine official claims that the province is calm

Bandung – The Independent People's Union Party (SRI) Party is to cooperate with another political party officially recognized as a legal entity in order to take part in the 2014 general

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has expressed his readiness to run for president in 2014, joining the likes of Aburizal Bakrie and Hatta Rajasa, who have also declared their intention to run

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum defended fellow party member Sutan Bhatoegana on Sunday after his controversial remarks received sharp criticisms f

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the body of a victim of the most recent Aceh shooting was flown home on Saturday to Semarang, Central Java, former members of the Free Aceh Movement denied spe

Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's (Gerindra) chief patron, Prabowo Subianto, has stated his willingness to run for president in the 2014 presidential election.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – One person was killed and two others injured in the latest act in a spate of violence in Aceh, while dozens of workers in the area have been sent back to thei

Bagus BT Saragih and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Observers and human rights watchdogs are saying that recent shootings in Aceh that have killed four people in the last week alone are politic

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – To ensure fairness and impartiality among members of the election-organizing bodies, the Constitutional Court (MK) on Wednesday ruled that politicians can on

Peter Lewis – New Zealand is to send more troops to East Timor ahead of next month's presidential elections. It will take the total deployment from across the Tasman to around 200.

Anita Rachman – Far from hurting Golkar chief Aburizal Bakrie's potential chances in the 2014 presidential election, the Lapindo mudflow disaster would be a boon, a party official said

Ezra Sihite – The general elections are two years away, but political parties are already courting public figures they think will help bring them votes.

Febriamy Hutapea – With the Southeast Asian Games providing the stage for a number of major graft scandals that have entangled Democratic Party members, 2011 was a year to forget for th

Golkar Party chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie dismissed on Tuesday the possibility that the Lapindo mudflow could be a major hurdle in his electability in the 2014 presidential election.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Experts have blamed political immaturity and a flawed electoral system for rampant poll violations in local elections throughout the country.

Ezra Sihite – The lack of a clear favorite in the 2014 presidential election leaves the door open for retired general Wiranto to make another run for office, an analyst has suggested.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Graft defendant and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin made further allegations against his former colleagues on Wednesday, claiming that the p

Jakarta – The General Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) has received 1,718 reports of poll violations in 92 local elections in 2011

Graft defendant and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has accused Democratic chairman Anas Urbaningrum of splashing out almost US$7 million to have votes swayed his

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party is expected to struggle over the next few years in "grooming" some of its members as potential candidates for the country's top j

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The ruling Democratic Party has denounced growing calls to revive an electoral system where parties rather than voters decide on which candidates should be al

Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – The Democrats' rise to power over the past 10 years was nothing short of meteoric, but with the ruling party facing the biggest crisis of its ex

Rizky Amelia – The number of new players on the political scene ahead of the 2014 general elections will be limited to one, as only the National Democrat Party met the official verifica

A group of election watchdogs has called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to revoke the newly established election team designated to select general election bodies' members for no

Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) on Sunday officially announced its leader, Hatta Rajasa, as its presidential candidate for the 2014 elections, but doubts linger about the ele

Jakarta – Six government coalition political parties appear unwilling to reconcile their divergent views on proposed amendments to the legislative threshold, as legislators begin to del

Camelia Pasandaran – The religious-based Prosperous Justice Party says it will evaluate the performance of controversial Depok mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail after the Corruption Eradication

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – During the 32-year rule of military strongman Soeharto, the Golkar Party prospered on the back of military power.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Political tensions in Aceh have begun to rise again with a grenade blast on Jl. Daud Beureueh, Lampriet, Banda Aceh, at around 7:30 p.m.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Political observers have blamed both the reluctance of political parties to reform their financial systems and toothless law enforcement measures as the majo

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – "A politician who portrays himself as caring and sensitive because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The former treasurer of Indonesia's ruling party appeared in court on corruption charges yesterday, striking a defiant tone in a case that has already seriously da

Jakarta – The chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB), who is also the manpower and transmigration minister, Muhaimin Iskandar, has submitted a letter to the Law and Human Rights

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Democrat Party and other new parties may be unable to field candidates in the 2014 election due to a just-missed age requirement.

Indonesian political parties spent upwards of Rp 300 trillion ($33 billion) from 2007 to 2010, a member of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said on Monday.

Jakarta – Golkar Party patron Akbar Tanjung has warned the party not to underestimate new political parties, among them the National Democratic Party with former Golkar figure and media

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – More and more senior politicians from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, including party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, have faced public sus

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – House factions are split on whether members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police should be allowed to vote in the 2014 polls.

Bagus BT Saragih, Bangkok/Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie may not find it easy to compete in the 2014 presidential elections amid the financial woes which have be

New York – Timor-Leste is making significant progress in consolidating its social, security and political stability despite a number of challenges, a senior United Nations said today, n

Camelia Pasandaran – Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa will likely be declared the presidential candidate for the National Mandate Party, a senior member of the party s

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Amid the alarming trend of media moguls wading into politics, the nation's lawmakers are planning to devise regulations to prevent media abuse during electio

Anita Rachman – With jockeying for the 2014 legislative and presidential elections already under way, legislators are making the case for campaign advertising to be regulated to allow e

Thousands of West Papuans have marched on the provincial capital of Jayapura demanding a referendum to declare independence from Indonesia, activists say.

Anita Rachman – The official announcement that Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie will run as the presidential candidate for Indonesia's grand old party will be made next year, the m