Andar Nubowo – The 2019 presidential election is a face-off between two old rivals – incumbent president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his challenger Prabowo Subianto.

Makassar – The campaign team of presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno has reported 15 district heads in Makassar, South Sulawesi, to the Elections Supervisory A

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The controversy surrounding presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's land ownership took a new turn on Wednesday, with Gerindra Party figures insinua

Jakarta – Election watchdog the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) launched on Tuesday its new web-based platform pintarmemilih.id that will allow the public, particula

Indonesia's presidential election – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo versus Prabowo Subianto II – is trundling toward its 17 April denouement, an event less exciting for its potential drama and mo

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Statement: In the past three years, there are no forest and land fire [across the country].

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The chairman of the Democratic Party Jansean Sitindaon has revealed that a quarrel had occured between the Jokowi and Prabowo camps inside the venue for the se

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been reported to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for his remark during the second presidential election debate calling out his o

Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) Executive Director Djayadi Hanan deemed Sunday's second presidential debate between incumbent Jokowi and Prabowo Su

Jakarta (Antara) – Both incumbent presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Prabowo Subianto failed to talk about the root cause of natural resources and energy issues in the sec

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has expressed disappointment with Indonesia's presidential candidates for failing to mention the climate change impacts an

Imam Suhartadi, Jakarta – In two lukewarm rounds of the presidential debate, both the incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his challenger Prabowo Subianto seemed happy enough to stick to

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo defended his signature infrastructure spending on Sunday in the second televised debate ahead of presidential elections in Apri

Jakarta – Presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto may have missed an opportunity to give incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo a run for his money on environmental issues in the second presi

Muhamad Al Azhari & Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his sole challenger, Prabowo Subianto, both put forward policies based on resource nationalism, a known "vote-ge

Asni Ovier, Jakarta – Even though the second presidential election debate on Sunday (17/02) was widely considered to be uneventful, one question from incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did

Ben Bland – With the slick presenters, questions pulled out of a fishbowl, and baritone voice-overs, the casual viewer might have thought this was a game show rather than a political b

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – An explosion outside a south Jakarta stadium complex has sent hundreds of people watching a presidential election debate scrambling for safe

James Massola, Jakarta – The second Indonesian presidential debate was so boring it increased the chances of people not voting in the election on April 17, according to Australian Nati

Jakarta – Sunday evening's second presidential debate was a slightly livelier affair, which saw the two candidates trading blows on land reform policies.

Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not participate in any campaign events ahead of the 2019 general election as he has decided to stand by his wife Krist

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The second election debate is a few days away and the teams of both incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Su

Jakarta – The presidential campaign of incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reported Indopos to the Press Council for allegedly spreading misinformation in a report concerning the incumb

Jakarta – Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researcher Aisah Putri Badriati is surprised that neither presidential candidate raised the issue of West Papua in first presidential d

Eka Kurniawan, Jakarta – When Joko Widodo, the incumbent president of Indonesia, last year chose Ma'ruf Amin as his running mate for the general election this April, it became clear th

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The second election debate is a few days away and the teams of both incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Su

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Jakarta – The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) say that the West Papuan people will not take part in the 2019 presidential and le

Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has been reported to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for allegedly campaigning for incumbent presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" W

Leo Suryadinata – The ethnic Chinese constitute less than 2 percent of the Indonesian population, but their economic power is much stronger that the number indicates.1

VP candidate Sandiaga Uno has made traveling around the country and meeting with the downtrodden – particularly those who say they feel economically hard done by by President Joko Wido

Jay Akbar – Two politicians have recently joined the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the presidential campaign ticket of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

Jakarta – The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) will reconsider its political stance in this year's presidential election amid "uncertainties" surrounding the indig

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry has denied that a man who voiced his support for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto at the headquarters of the United Nations in New Yor

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – In less than a week, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Prabowo Subianto will once again face each other in the second-round presidential debate.

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The head of the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212), Slamet Maarif, once helped lead the mass protests that helped put Basuki "BTP" Tjahaja Purnama (the former Jakarta governor formerly kn

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The police have named the chairman of the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212), Slamet Ma'arif, a suspect for violating campaign rules.

Rio Apinino – Incumbent presidential candidate President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin's have indeed made many sweet promises about protecting and upholding human r

Jakarta – Supreme assembly member and deputy chairperson of Tommy Suharto's Working Party, retired Major General Muchdi Purwopranjono has decided to support the presidential ticket of

Adhi Indra Prasetya, Jakarta – After recently obtaining support from the United Jakarta Senior High School Alumni, incumbent presidential candidate President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has n

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Being far from home, the Indonesian diaspora continues to be the disengaged electorate, especially ahead of the legislative election.

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Indonesia will hold its 12th general elections and first simultaneous legislative and presidential elections in April.

Jakarta – Former Jakarta governor Basuki "BTP" Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, has officially joined the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), ending speculations of wh

Eko Widianto, Jakarta – University of Brawijaya political science expert Andhika Muttaqin predicts around 27,000 University of Brawijaya Malang students may potentially end up being no

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The Surakarta Resort Police questioned on Thursday Slamet Ma'arif, the chairman of an organization calling itself 212 Rally Alumni after, over allegation

Over the weekend, President Joko Widodo went on an innuendo offensive against his electoral challenger, Prabowo Subianto, by implying that his rival's campaign was using a "Russian pro

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appears to have gone on the offensive against his challenger in the upcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto as the second presidential

Jakarta – A respected Muslim cleric is in the spotlight after a video of him mistakenly praying for Prabowo Subianto to become "a leader" during an event attended by President Joko "Jo

Max Lane and Hui Yew-Foong – On April 17, 2019, Indonesians will go to the polls and choose their next president, or maybe not, if they choose to Golput – the act of casting a blank vo