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Jakarta – While management of foreign debt is considered as one of the most crucial problems for most people, it has been a non-issue during the election.

Solo – Puan Maharani, Megawati Soekarnoputri's daughter, on Sunday blamed the electoral roll fraud in the April 9 legislative elections for the defeat of the Indonesian Democratic Party

Febriamy Hutapea – The three presidential candidates and their campaign teams should stick to campaigning on the issues, rather than attacking each other or defending themselves against

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The second round presidential debate looked for a while more like a two-man show instead of three, with two candidates engaging in lively arguments while the th

Ferry Irwanto & Camelia Pasandaran – After a listless first debate more than a week ago, presidential candidates on Thursday gave a much livelier performance during their second nat

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has found in its latest study that even though the popularity of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on the decline, h

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Febriamy Hutapea – The campaign team for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono's presidential ticket demanded on Wednesday that r

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has handed down a verdict confirming election fraud did take place in South Sulawesi and ruled in favor of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura).

The victories of local parties in last April's provincial and district elections in Aceh are further confirmation of the success of the peace process underway since August 2005, says TA

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran – Despite attempts to spur more lively discussions and avoid a repeat of the snoozer that marked last week's first debate, the first vice president

Jakarta – Fifteen days ahead of the presidential election, millions of voters are still yet to be registered on the electoral roll (DPT), depriving them of their constitutional right to

Jakarta – With billions of rupiah up for grabs, the 2009 presidential election has set the stage for a "survey war" among polling institutes as the lucrative business of political consu

Jakarta – While still the front-runner in the presidential race, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has seen his popularity drop days after the official campaign period began, with Vice

Jakarta – residential candidate Jusuf Kalla on Sunday refused to sign a political contract proposed by university students in Central Java.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Most victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, have expressed disappointment that none of the candidates in the presidential e

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – It is sarcastically known as a "three-in-one" event – a reference to Jakarta's pointless peak-hour traffic regulation prohibiting cars with fewer than thr

Pontianak – Supporters of presidential aspirant Jusuf Kalla have talked up his talents as a peace broker, saying it makes him fit for the office of president.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Vice presidential candidate Boediono's perceived lack of religious credentials remains a continuing source of attention, even by his coalition allies.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – More National Mandate Party members on Thursday denounced their party's backing of Democratic Party candidate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and pledged t

Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) secretary-general Zulkifli Hasan says his party will punish members who do not support their coalition with the Democratic Party (PD) and the reel

The State Intelligence Agency says it is monitoring friction between supporters of the three rival presidential campaign camps but adds that the situation is under control.

Jakarta – Legislators have expressed concern the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) could be misused during the election as the state body is under the command of the President who is camp

Erwida Maulia and Irawaty Wardany, Denpasar/Jakarta – State Secretary Hatta Radjasa acknowledges the country's debt has increased over the past five years, but says the public should no

Jakarta – Despite recent opposition from a number of the party's elites, the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS) says it would stick to its decision to support the re-election of incumbent Pre

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's choice of former Bank Indonesia governor Boediono as running mate in the upcoming presidential elections has led him to declining

The dispute between the rival camps of presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over who brought peace to Aceh continued on Sunday, with claims that Kalla was be

Camelia Pasandaran & Ferry Irwanto – The recent release of survey results from polling institutions linked to political campaign teams has brought into sharp focus the purpose behin

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta - Jakarta's sophisticated set has a joke about why Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will win the presidential election next month – and it has nothing to do with hi

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's party appeared to court former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid on Thursday for a political alliance as she ramped up her challen

Jakarta – Money politics is difficult to eradicate in Indonesia, but it is not appropriate to blame the poor for receiving money from campaigning parties, a political expert says.

The "jockeys" in the three-horse race for the Presidential Palace are exploring different strategies to reach the finish, ranging from military-style campaigns to luring sympathy from k

The three presidential hopefuls have kicked off their campaigns with heavy contributions from retired top brass from the intelligence community.

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers, mostly from West Java and Banten, gathered recently at Ragunan Sport Center to support Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

The decision to exclude human rights from the topics to be discussed by the presidential and vice presidential candidates in televised debates organised by Indonesia's General Elections

Camelia Pasandaran – A tetchy rivalry between election pollsters turned to embarrassment on Tuesday as three leading groups acknowledged that some of their surveys had been skewed by in

Bandar Lampung – The Lampung province I regional leadership board (DPD) of the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) is calling on its members to block presidential and vice pre

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – The re-election of the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, may not be the cakewalk many are expecting.

Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – He's rich, he's controversial, and he's unabashedly trying to amass power.

Surabaya – Despite recent surveys showing 70 percent support for incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, it is unlikely the upcoming presidential election will be decided in a sin

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Megawati Soekarnoputri signed Saturday a political contract with labor unions in Kerawang, West Java, vowing to phase out outsourcing, wh

Jakarta – In contrast to a survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) less than a week ago, the results of a survey published by the Information Research Institute (LRI)

Jakarta – Negative, personalized campaigns are intensifying among presidential and vice presidential candidates, which according to a political analyst violated the political code of et

While Vice President Jusuf Kalla spent the weekend campaigning, senior officials from his Golkar Party held a second round of meetings to discuss replacing him as party chairman, possib

Jakarta – A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group member pledged Saturday to rally support for presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, or SBY, and his running mate B

Keno Gunawan & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Presidential candidate and businessman Jusuf Kalla struck back on Friday against a statement by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that a pr

The Jakarta Post's senior editor, Manggi Habir, and reporter, Aditya Suharmoko, recently met with several economists to get their views on recent economic policy statements made by the

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is likely to win the July 8 presidential election in a single round victory, with 70 percent of votes, a survey by Indonesian Survey Institu