Michael Sainsbury, Dili – It's 4 o'clock on a warm Tuesday afternoon in the East Timorese capital of Dili.

Avery Poole – The people of East Timor are heading to the polls this week for the second time in 10 months.

East Timor is set to hold weekend elections after a campaign marred by violence and political mudslinging as the impoverished country struggles to buoy its oil-dependent economy.

John Dennehy – When Asia's youngest nation heads to the polls for the second time in a year on May 12, Abel Da Costa just wants someone to win.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) leader Zulkifli Hasan met with former Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gatot Nurmantyo on Tuesday, in another signal of the

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad called for the implementation of the death penalty for corruption convi

Jakarta – A picture of a political banner during a Gerindra Party event in Bojonegoro, East Java, on Saturday has gone viral online for all the wrong reasons.

East Timorese independence hero Xanana Gusmao has called on supporters not to be provoked after campaigning for next weekend's elections was marred by violence.

Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) general commissioner Mardani Ali Sera played a leading role on Sunday at an event aimed at preventing the reelection of President Joko "Jokowi"

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Officers of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) distributed white t-shirts to people who were wearing T-shirts with "#2019GantiPresiden" (Ch

Pribadi Wicaksono, Yogyakarta – Answering a question in a dialogue held at the University of Gadjah Mada, Former Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gatot Nurmantyo quipped about the co

Jakarta – A group of shamans in West Java has refuted suggestions that their support for a candidate pair in the religiously conservative province was a form of negative campaign, claim

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Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Political expert from Jakarta State University (UNJ) Ubedilah Badrun said it was unlikely for former Indonesian military (TNI) commander Gatot Nurmantyo to run for

Akhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto officially opened the co-secretarial office of his party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to the success

Alfan Hilmi, Jakarta – A political observer from Padjadjaran University, Muradi, said Amien Rais's speech at Jakarta City Hall on Tuesday is not ethical.

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Kanupriya Kapoor and Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Markets cheered Widodo's gamble to free up billions of dollars to build much-needed infrastructure, while the former furniture salesman al

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Survey agency Poltracking Indonesia executive director Hanta Yuda stated the former chief of the National Army (TNI) Gatot Nurmantyo can be the dark horse if he ob

Jakarta – Vote distortions may occur in the upcoming simultaneous regional elections in Papua if the noken system is used, an official from the General Elections Commission (KPU) has sa

Jakarta – Several Indonesian politicians are vying to become the vice-presidential running mate of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Gerindra Party has challenged the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan to account for the latter's recent remarks on Prabowo Subia

Jakarta (Bisnis.com) – PAN or the National Mandate Party argues that it would be very difficult to form a third axis of power in the 2019 Presidential Election (Pilpres 2019) following

Jakarta (Antara) – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Mardani Ali Sera believes Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto should prepare a strategic strategy if he wants to compet

Parliza Hendrawan, Jakarta – Former Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abraham Samad said two political parties proposed to him as one of the candidates in the 2019

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto, said that the Prosperity and Justice Party (PKS) has a special relationship with Ger

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – President of the Prosperity and Justice Party (PKS) Sohibul Iman stated that his party has been offered to be the third political axis to run in the 2019 president

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Opposition leader Prabowo Subianto is reportedly still weighing up several options for 2019: challenging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's candidacy, nom

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The deputy secretary general of the Great Indonesia Movement Party [Gerindra], Andre Rosiade, said his party was finalizing political ties and deals with

Muh Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – The National Police's chief of security maintenance division, Comr. Gen.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Gerindra sec-gen Andre Rosiade said the party's chair Prabowo Subianto would soon kick off campaigns to absorb people's aspirations in a bid to jack up the latter'

The 2019 presidential election is widely expected to be a rematch of 2014's contest between President Joko Widodo and Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto, as the two rivals are the only

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) says it has discovered many suspicious transactions, both cash and electronic, carried out

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Golkar politician Agung Laksono said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will not consolidate with opposition party leader Prabowo Subianto for the 2019 Pr

Jakarta (Bisnis.com) – Gerindra Deputy Chairman Fadli Zon stated that the party is prepared to accept any requirements asked by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in the 2019 presidenti

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Youth Center Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak publically supported the ban against former corruption convicts to run as legislative ca

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Supporters of regent and deputy regent candidates in Central Mamberamo regency have allegedly protested violently over a Constitutional Court (MK)

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Pollster National Survey Media (Median) research director Sudarto revealed that economics has become one of the factors that drove people to request for the repl

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), a traditional coalition partner of the Gerindra Party, has said that it was unlikely that Gerindra's presidential nominee, Prabowo Subianto

Despite Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto's declaration at the party's national convention last week that he had accepted Gerindra's nomination to run as their presidential candidate.

Jakarta – National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) vice chairman Hairansyah has called on the Home Ministry to expedite the e-ID registration process ahead of June's simultaneou

Mason Littlejohn – For followers of Indonesian national politics it will feel like deja vu, as Prabowo Subianto and the incumbent President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo look to re-face each oth

Jakarta – A majority of residents in religiously conservative West Java, home to approximately 47 million people, are unlikely to cast their ballots on candidates practicing polygamy, a

Jakarta – Ahead of this year's local and general elections, the police have started deploying officers to community units (RW) in Jakarta and Bekasi.

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Deputy Chairman Fadli Zon denied news that suggests Prabowo Subianto is in the process of lobbying President Joko "Jok

John McBeth, Jakarta – With opposition leader Prabowo Subianto declaring his candidacy in a horseback appearance before the uniformed ranks of his Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerind

Fitria Rahmawati, Jakarta – Chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Romahurmuzy, also known as Romy, said that Prabowo Subianto has expressed his interest to be a vice presidenti

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had offered Gerindra Party leader Prabowo Subianto the chance to be his running mate in the 2019 presidential election, but the latter turned do

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – West Java gubernatorial candidate Deddy Mizwar said he hoped a soap opera entitled Cuma di Sini (Only Here), which he plays in, could be broadcast during

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