Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's ongoing plan to merge with smaller parties may be a ploy to win more votes in 2014, but a political observer has warned i

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Great Indonesia Movement Party on Friday added another political party to its alliance, proceeding with its plan of merging with 10 smaller parties as par

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government has been told to improve the management of voter lists for the 2014 general elections if it hopes to avoid a repeat of the controversy that pla

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Talk of a Cabinet reshuffle to replace underperforming Indonesian ministers is heating up, as the government fends off criticisms that it is faltering in its fig

Banjir Ambarita – Hundreds of candidates who failed to gain government jobs took the streets of Manokwari, West Papua, on Wednesday.

Anita Rachman – The government has proposed barring relatives of outgoing regional officials from running for the same post in elections, but legislators warn that the policy may violat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Recent attacks on religious minorities in Temanggung, Central Java, and Banten should be reason enough for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoy

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – For the sake of the Prosperous Justice Party's public image, the party should replace disgraced lawmaker Misbakhun in the Indonesian House of Representatives

Anita Rachman – A lawmaker on Sunday said the budget of the Religious Affairs Ministry would be re-evaluated after he accused Minister Suryadharma Ali of using state funds to woo cleric

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid concerns that some regional leaders are misusing public money and state facilities to advance their political careers, the KPK has vowed to make money politi

Anita Rachman – Rising politician Puan Maharani of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Wednesday said that although the party would never join the pro-gove

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Political dynasties, a growing trend in regional elections in Indonesia, should be curbed, as they undermine democracy and limit opportunities for other cand

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The fast-growing mass-organization, the National Democrats (Nasdem), withdrew its plan to become a political party, as it was nearly out of time to fulfill t

Although the general election may be three years away, political parties have already deployed their gear to gain support, particularly from the young bracket of voters.

Hasyim Widhiarto – After serving as chairman of the politically wired Association of Islamic Students (HMI) last year, Arip Mustopha had to think twice before jumping into a career of f

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The single floor medium-sized building looked like an ordinary house.

Camelia Pasandaran, Pangkal Pinang, Bangka-Belitung – An amendment to the Regional Governance Law is expected to include provisions barring criminals and the "morally flawed" from runni

Anita Rachman – While continuing to deny that they had political ambitions, officials of the National Democrats on Friday vowed that every single province in Indonesia would have an off

Zaky Pawas, Indonesia – Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Depok on Thursday as opposition mounted against Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail, who on Wednesday was sworn in for his sec

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Two political parties loyal to Indonesia's ruling party on Sunday said they would continue to stand by the Democrats, effectively making it almost impossible fo

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government kicked off its process to qualify political parties looking to contest the 2014 polls, while smaller parties requested more time pending a jud

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – An unfavorable performance review of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Cabinet led many to believe the President would carry out a comprehensive reshuffle of h

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) issued a ruling Wednesday that will make it easier for lawmakers to impeach a president.

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman – A court ruling that set a lower quorum requirement for the House of Representatives to launch an impeachment inquest could tip the balance of power

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A coalition of 17 minor political parties plans to file for a judicial review of a newly passed law which it claims intends to freeze minor parties out of the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Stop bickering and get to work helping the people, former President Megawati Sukarnoputri said on Monday as the opposition leader chided the government and it

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After claiming to have already secured the support of dozens of senior clerics from Nahdlatul Ulama in East Java, the United Development Party has vowed to co

Medan – A politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Friday that the rumor about the growing friendship between his party and the ruling Democratic Part

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Political parties have begun discussing potential candidates for the 2014 presidential election, while observers and politicians say it is counterproductive

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A proposal to revise the legislative election law was an attempt by the big political parties to kill smaller parties, as the revision

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Former president and current Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri will not run for president in 2014, her husband a

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The biggest question facing the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is who the party will nominate as its presidential candidate for 2014.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Islamic parties need to start preparing as early as this year for the 2014 elections to keep from losing more votes to secular rivals, an analyst said on Wednes

Jakarta – Ruling coalition parties on Sunday vowed to focus more on work in 2011, while pundits predicted that the political climate in the country would heat up this year with parties

Anita Rachman – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces a tough year if he is to make good on his promises to continue tackling corruption, violent extremism and terrorism, analysts sa

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) for the period 2009-2014 has been deliberating a packet of three political laws, namely Law Number 22/2007 on Election Organisers, Law Numbe

Regional election disputes dominated the cases handled by the Constitutional Court in 2010, with 74 percent of elections resulting in some sort of controversy, a court official said.

Anita Rachman – Obviously irritated by the barrage of criticism aimed at the government by its ruling coalition partners, Democratic Party executives on Wednesday called on coalition pa

Anita Rachman & Candra Malik – Chances of reunifying the deeply split National Awakening Party are now even slimmer with the legally recognized faction urging the leader of a splint

Anita Rachman & Ronna Nirmala – An unexpected alliance between the ruling Democratic Party and opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle could be in the cards for the 2014

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Surabaya – Yenny Wahid was elected as the new chairwoman of one of the divided National Awakening Party's two factions on Monday.

Anita Rachman – Prosperous Justice Party chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq on Sunday dismissed rumors that the party had issues with other parties in the government coalition, but said the c

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Surabaya – Hopes that the warring factions of the Islam-based National Awakening Party would reunite here were dashed when a party congress opened on Sund

Taufik Darusman – In the 2009 legislative elections, the ruling Democratic Party won nearly 21 percent of the vote, tripling its gain from the previous elections.

M Hernowo and Anita Yossihara – The Joint Secretariat (Setgab) of political parties supporting the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Jakarta – Despite amendments to the law on political parties attempts to ensure accountability, critics say the changes will not prevent political parties from taking the interests of t

Anita Rachman – Amid a rash of complaints from coalition parties, the ruling Democrats said on Wednesday that the joint secretariat charged with managing the pro-government coalition wa

Anita Rachman – The integrity of the nation's already much-derided regional polling commissions will only get worse if legislators insist on allowing political parties to take part in o

Bagus BT Saragih – The ruling coalition will likely still be mired in bickering and internal friction next year, with a member party threatening to coalesce with the opposition to rival

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman – The deeply divided National Awakening Party (PKB) seemed far from reuniting, as factions in the party failed to find middle ground ahead of the 2014 elec