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

Febriamy Hutapea – The five million people added to the new national voters list for the July 8 presidential election will remain a mystery until the General Elections Commission (KPU)

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Economists said the current debate presidential hopefuls were partaking in, about the virtues of a "people's economy" versus so-called neoliberalism, was act

Jakarta – Various watchdog bodies have reported irregularities in the campaign funds of presidential candidates.

Camelia Pasandaran – A top polling organization said that it received funding from a campaign consulting firm working on behalf of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign team, in

Jakarta – Two farmers associations will likely split in the upcoming presidential election, with the Indonesian Farmers Council (DTI) backing the incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudh

Max Lane – Three tickets have been nominated for the Indonesian presidential elections on July 9.

Ferry Irwanto – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri was criticized on Sunday for failing the day before to respect the office of the president after she appeared to twice snob incumb

Jakarta – The recent tantrums between elite politicians ahead of the presidential election have failed to address the nation's crucial issues, showing their lack of political maturity,

Jakarta – It was more bad news and a black anniversary gift for the thousands of displaced people commemorating three years since the Lapindo mudflow disaster destroyed their livelihood

Jakarta – Registering some Rp 20.75 billion (around US$2 million), the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Boediono candidate pair have declared the largest amount of initial campaign funds compar

Jakarta – The presidential candidate with the strongest links to experienced intelligence experts will have an edge in the upcoming presidential election, political expert Arbi Sanit sa

Febriamy Hutapea – The House of Representatives' proposed investigation into the flawed voters list used for the legislative elections may backfire on the parties that supported the inq

Pandaya, Jakarta – Neoliberalism?

Jakarta – Apparent displays of disloyalty toward President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by a number of parties in his coalition recently are simply a political ploy to increase bargaining p

Jakarta – Several parties aligned in a political coalition with President SBY spearheaded a move Tuesday by the House to scrutinize the government over the electoral roll fiasco, which

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto have closed their popularity rating gap with the leading ticket of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono, thank

Despite serious problems with flawed voter lists and complicated voting procedures, last month's elections in Indonesia passed off relatively peacefully with a rainbow of secular and re

Febriamy Hutapea – Following reports of rifts within the parties supporting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election drive, a Democratic Party leader on Tuesday called on the co

Febriamy Hutapea – Golkar Party chairman Vice President Jusuf Kalla should prepare himself to step down as party chairman if he fails to win the presidency in the July 8 election, one o

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is coming under scrutiny over his credentials in making peace with separatists in Papua, as well as quelling sectarian conf

Several National Mandate Party (PAN) members may have been spotted recently supporting other presidential candidates, but the party's leaders say they remain firm in their support for P

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Presidential hopeful Megawati Sukarnoputri and her running mate, Prabowo Subianto, delivered important political promises to their supporters at the launch of

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's Armed Forces of yesteryear returned to politics on Monday when 10 retired generals pledged their loyalty to Vice President Jusuf Kalla's bid to wi

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Lynn Lee, Jakarta – Pollsters say President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will be re-elected easily on July 8, but some analysts insist that such predictions are premature.

Jakarta – Although presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri earned credit and some sympathy for her willingness to confront prominent businesspeople in a high-level economic dialog

Jakarta – Politicians have been advocating so-called "people oriented" platforms, pitting them against "neoliberalism" as a way to win voters' support for the July presidential election

Jakarta – Golkar has the shakiest presidential campaign team of the three tickets, political experts said Thursday, a major factor that could severely hamper party chairman Jusuf Kalla'

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Prabowo Subiakto says they are promising at least ten percent economic growth if they are elected.

Febriamy Hutapea – In the latest sign of a split within the Golkar Party ahead of the July presidential poll, news emerged on Tuesday of a secret meeting of dozens of senior national an

Slamet Susanto – Presidential hopeful Jusuf Kalla criticized Monday's potentially rebellious meeting of a group of Golkar Party elite figures as unethical, saying he was against any spe

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Cracks appear to be forming in the coalition of 23 political parties backing incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and running mate Boediono, despite ini

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Recent asset verifications show the fortunes of presidential and vice presidential candidates have grown.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A local party, founded by former rebels of the Aceh Free Movement, was officially announced Monday as the winner of the 9 April legislative election, but

Jakarta – The Democratic Party and its 22 coalition partners signed in Cikeas, West Java, on Saturday what they call as a "coalition contract".