Anita Rachman – With a recent survey indicating that Golkar Party's popularity has fallen below its two main rivals, a top Golkar politician said on Monday that the party might need to

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday angrily denounced the media and users of social networking Web sites for spreading false allegations against his embattled party.

Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – Things are going from bad to worse for the beleaguered ruling party with the House of Representatives to seek an explanation from National Police

Jakarta – The number of floating voters is tending to increase.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh has decided to hold its provincial, district and mayoral elections on Nov.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As the House's debate on the general elections bill heats up, two parties want the electoral threshold be upped to 5 percent from the current level of 2.5

Anita Rachman – The Golkar Party will not get its way on the contentious legislative threshold, officials from smaller political parties have vowed.

Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) advisory council member Permadi has alleged that the Democratic Party has kept Rp 47 trillion (US$5.5 billion) in bank deposits accumulated fro

Anita Rachman – The Golkar Party lashed out on Monday against a decision by the House of Representatives to propose raising the legislative threshold to 3 percent.

The Democratic Party's House of Representatives faction leader explained on Friday that the party gave embattled lawmaker Muhammad Nazaruddin permission to go to Singapore for medical p

Jakarta – Ahead of the party's national congress in early July, competition is brewing at the United Development Party (PPP) as several members engage in a fierce battle to head the Isl

Jakarta – The tales of the New Order regime's success, which are being used as a selling point for the Golkar Party, are misleading.

Arientha Primanita – The Democratic Party's dismissal of Muhammad Nazaruddin as party treasurer does not illustrate Yudhoyono's seriousness in eradicating political corruption in the co

Anita Rachman – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi and Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar on Monday said the country's election organizers should be free from any politi

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Democratic Party seems to be at a loss in the face of the ever-widening scandal its treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin is entangled in, pol

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed a long-awaited new agreement Monday with members of his sometimes-frayed ruling coalition.

Farouk Arnaz – A disagreement over who was elected chairman of the United Development Party's Papua branch at a meeting last weekend was brought to the attention of the police on Monday

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – After weeks of being dogged by graft allegations, Muhammad Nazaruddin has been dismissed as treasurer of the ruling Democratic Party, a se

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The newly founded Indonesian Solidarity Society for Justice (SMIK) has named former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati as its presidential candidat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party on Thursday quashed a controversial former intelligence official's claim to the chairmanship of the party's Papua branch, but ins

M Hernowo – Case of human rights violations that took place around the time of the fall of the New Order regime have still not been fully resolved.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With limited resources and time and stricter electoral rules, new political parties may find it difficult to obtain votes in the 2014 elections, analysts say

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Four new political parties have announced they would join the 2014 elections, claiming they had every reason to be optimistic about meeting stricter electora

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Democratic Party official on Monday said an investigation into a graft case allegedly involving some of its members was not the result of divisions between

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) campaign to achieve a top three spot in the 2014 election may face a rough road as it is coping with a fight with its former founder, Yusu

Yohan Wahyu – If we look at the still sidelined state of workers and employees, the need to unite and organise oneself should be a big one.

The Golkar Party said on Friday that it was not concerned about a newly registered political party that has reportedly secured the backing of Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest

Jakarta – An offshoot of the National Awakening Party (PKB) led by former president by Abdurrahman Wahid's daughter, Yenni Wahid, has formed a new party to participate in the 2014 elect

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Representatives of the House's major political parties have voiced their rejection of a proposal to open presidential elections to independent candidates, ma

Indra Subagja, Jakarta – The National Republic Party (Partai Nasrep) has registered itself with the Department of Justice and Human Rights (Kemenkum HAM).

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A day after three new political parties registered for the 2014 elections, a senior politician said that proposed amendments to the Election Law would likely

Anita Rachman & Elisabeth Oktofani – Prosperous Justice Party co-founder Yusuf Supendi said on Monday that he was ready to take the party's leaders to court over his controversial d

Arientha Primanita – According to analysts commenting on a new poll, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's strategy of prioritizing his political image at the expense of decisive action

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Three new political parties officially registered themselves on Monday to participate in the 2014 legislative and presidential polls, an official said.

Hendra A Setyawan, Jakarta – The discourse on the simplification of political parties such as by increasing the parliamentary threshold (the minimum number of votes required to obtain a

Nivell Rayda – Ever since Muchdi Purwoprandjono announced in February that he was abandoning the nationalist Great Indonesia Movement Party he helped create for the Islam-based United D

The son of the late President Suharto was not physically present at Friday's debut of the party, but a photograph of him in sunglasses and a baseball cap was ubiquitous on the walls alo

Malang, East Java – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq has said recent problems that have hit his party were contrived by other parties as a test.

Jakarta – Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, son of the late president Soeharto, has cofounded the National Republic mass organization, or Nasrep, another of its founders has said.

Jakarta – An independent legal system and strong mass organizations could prevent Indonesia's oligarchy from dominating politics, an American democratic activist says.

Anita Rachman – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Arifinto who had announced his resignation last week appeared at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, stating that he s

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – For the first time since being established in 1998, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) celebrated its anniversary in a gloomy mood Sunday, with party leaders

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As many as 10 non-legislative parties have agreed to merge into one bigger party in an attempt to pass the recently increased electoral requirements ahead of

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party on Friday pledged to support President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono until 2014 despite calls from some groups within the party to lea

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP), which was established by a group of Islamic parties in 1970s, doubted that the existing Islamic parties will merge ahead of the 2014 polls

Hasyim Widhiarto – The scions of Indonesia's political elite are born with silver spoons in their mouths – something which smooths the way when the children of senior party members ente

By Hasyim Widhiarto

Capt. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

Place/date of birth: Bandung, West Java, Aug. 10, 1978

Hasyim Widhiarto – Daddy's and mommy's big name coupled with inherited wealth and traces of attractiveness are probably the best assets for children of the political elites in vying for

Anita Rachman – When the dust settles on the spate of scandals surrounding the Prosperous Justice Party, its focus for future political campaigns may have to shift to what it can offer

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Yenny Wahid, the second daughter of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, on Monday announced she was forming her own political party.