Thomas Oro, Dili – Muslim politician Mari Alkatiri, who quit as prime minister 2006 after four years as the mainly Catholic nation's first parliamentary leader after its independence, is set for a

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Four activists and watchdogs are set to file a judicial review request with the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to challenge an article in the 2017 Elections Law o

East Timor's new parliament is ready to be sworn in next week but it's still unclear who will be prime minister.

Jakarta – The leadership of Golkar Party's youth wing held a meeting with former president BJ Habibie on Monday, calling for the veteran politician to intervene in the party's leadership stand-off.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati warned on Sunday politicians against abusing the annual funding for political parties, which had been significantly increased by the government.

Jakarta – The Golkar Party has pledged to support the reelection bid of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the 2019 presidential election and that it would deliver the bulk of votes for the incumben

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Bitter rivalry during this year's simultaneous elections, including in Papua, have forced the Papua Police to partner with the Indonesian Military (TNI) and th

Jakarta – A controversial election bill has been passed after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed it into law on Wednesday, presidential spokesperson Johan Budi said on Saturday.

Siktus Harson, Jakarta – Three weeks after its parliamentary election, Asia's most Catholic nation Timor-Leste remains leaderless and could be heading for a minority government.

A new party in East Timor's parliament has tapped into rising disenfranchisement among the youth and anxiety over the country's economic survival.

Michael Leach – East Timorese politics remain in a post-election limbo as the parties elected to parliament just over a fortnight ago negotiate to form government.

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Independence leader Xanana Gusmao has resigned as president of his party following their recent election loss, reportedly saying the East Timorese people had lost faith in them.

Jakarta – The head of the Nasdem faction at the House of Representatives, Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat, has been reported to the National Police's criminal investigation department (Bareskrim) for all

Lindsay Murdoch – The hero of East Timor's independence struggle Xanana Gusmao has resigned from the presidency of his party only days after national elections, throwing moves to form a coalition g

Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) will not declare support for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's reelection in the near future, a party executive has said.

Jakarta – Gerindra Party's deputy chairman, Arief Payuono, has been reported to the Jakarta Police for allegedly defaming the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) by equating the ruling

One person has been killed and a dozen others wounded after a clash during local elections in Indonesia's Papua province.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Cikeas, West Java – Gerindra Party chairman and former presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto arrived at the private residence of former president and Democratic Party chair

Jakarta – Prior to a meeting between Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Gerindra counterpart Prabowo Subianto, a senior party official has indicated that it would nominate i

Thomas Ora, Dili – Timor-Leste's parliamentary election ended peacefully over the weekend with the fledgling country looking set for five more years of coalition government led by the former resist

Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) has asserted that as part of the ruling coalition, it continues to support the President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration despite a call from party pat

Dili (AFP) – Timor Leste is set for another coalition after the two governing parties in Asia's youngest democracy clinched a majority of the votes in a trouble-free contest praised on Monday (July

David Hutt – Preliminary results from Timor-Leste's general election indicate the two largest political parties, which formed a de facto ruling partnership in 2015, have retained a majority of vote

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – East Timor's Fretilin party has opened the way for the formation of a broad-based unity government to rule the tiny nation for the next five years as it led counting of v

Felicity James – A Timor-Leste political party with links to martial arts gangs and "disenfranchised young men" will for the first time have seats in the country's new parliament.

The number of children involvement in the political party campaigning is still high according to the observations of the National Commission for Children Rights (KNDL) during the campaign period.

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Voters in East Timor queued up on Saturday to cast their vote in the country's fourth parliamentary elections since independence in a ballot where campaigning has focused

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Two major parties appear set to dominate voting on Saturday in East Timor's fourth parliamentary elections since the tiny half-island nation gained its independence 15 ye

Paulina Quintao – As Timor-Leste heads to the polls to vote during the Legislative Election 2017 that will determine the composition of the VII Government that will rule over the next five years, t

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Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra has said he is ready to file a judicial review request with the Constitutional Court to challenge the newly-passed election bill.

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – More than 750,000 East Timorese will cast votes on Saturday to elect a government that will face tough negotiations that could deliver the poverty-stricken nation billion

Lindsay Murdoch – One of East Timor's largest political parties has denounced "acts of intimidation and terror" against some if its supporters ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A couple of hours before voting commenced Thursday on the election bill at the House of Representatives, the ruling coalition was more optimistic that the president

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In a rare sight, almost all members of the House of Representatives arrived at the plenary session on Thursday, ready to cast their votes on the five contentious pr

Raimundos Oki and Stephen Wright, Dili, East Timor – Almost two dozen parties are contesting parliamentary elections in East Timor this weekend that are likely to return independence heroes to powe

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Thousands of East Timorese ended weeks of political rallies and entered a campaign blackout on Thursday before parliamentary elections at the weekend, with fears for the

Jakarta – Dozens of people have stormed the headquarters of the United Development Party (PPP) in Menteng, Central Jakarta, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Felicity James – Timor-Leste is developing rapidly – 15 years after independence it's got one of the world's highest proportions of women in parliament – but a younger generation is facing growing

Michael Leach – Twenty-one parties will contest sixty-five parliamentary seats and decide who governs Timor-Leste in national elections on 22 July.

Jakarta – Authorities have charged Papua Governor Lukas Enembe with allegedly persuading residents to vote for one of the candidates in the Tolikara district head election earlier this year, police

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Jakarta – Opposing parties of the Puncak Jaya regional elections have agreed to end a conflict in the region, marked by a "breaking arrow" ritual performed by representatives of the three candidate

Thomas Ora, Dili – The Catholic Church in Timor-Leste has urged political parties not only to compete for parliamentary seats but also to ramp up their efforts to reduce poverty and improve the liv

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Guteriano Neves and Khoo Ying Hooi – In July, Timorese voters will go to the polls for the second time this year to elect the country's parliament.

Jakarta – Members of the Golkar Party reported dozens of unidentified men disrupted a breaking-of-the-fast event at the party's headquarters in Slipi, West Jakarta, on Friday night.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A survey released on Thursday suggests that the Jakarta gubernatorial election has not significantly altered the national political map ahead of the 2019 president

Helen Davidson, Dili – Before becoming the fourth president of one of the world's youngest countries, Francisco "Lu'Olo" Guterres spent almost a quarter of a century in the Timorese resistance agai