Jakarta – New requirements applied to this year's regional elections could pave the way for the emergence of "puppet candidates" who run merely to boost the profile of other candidates, warned a po

Indra Harsaputra and Djemi Amnifu, Surabaya/Kupang – A number of Regional General Elections Commissions (KPUD) have extended the registration period for political party-endorsed candidates to nomin

Jakarta – Alliances built by political parties for the 2014 presidential elections have been rendered irrelevant with parties at the regional level crafting a new form of alliance with the single p

Andi Hajramurni and Suherdjoko, Makassar/Semarang – One graft suspect and another man convicted of the offense are two highlights of the list of candidates being offered up for the upcoming electio

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Jakarta – As the General Elections Commission (KPU) has revised regional election regulations to accommodate parties with dual leadership, camps within the Golkar Party have agreed to jointly nomin

Jakarta – Indonesia's legal frameworks fail to enforce transparency in the use of public funding for electoral campaigns by political parties, while abuses are rampant and remain unaddressed due to

Jakarta – With only one week to go before the closing of registration for the December regional elections, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has agreed to accommodate political parties that ar

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Tama Salim, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) will seek to revise an existing regulation under its authority following a recent Constitutional Court (MK) ruling that has invalidated

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Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has quashed a prohibition against serious criminal offenders running for public office, just a day after removing a similar electoral restriction meant to

Hidayat Setiaji & Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Regional Indonesian leaders are withholding nearly $20 billion of government funds, including money for social assistance programs, while they wait f

Yustinus Paat & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has come under heavy criticism after it revoked a provision in the Regional Elections Law that is meant to prevent the formation

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has named his loyalists as new members of his Democratic Party's leadership boards, ousting the outspoken former speaker of the Hou

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Although the government is still reviewing the House of Representatives' controversial constituency fund plan, it has pressed ahead with plans to increase funding for politic

Jakarta – The government appears to be seeking a compromise after rejecting the House of Representatives' proposed pork barrel scheme, by increasing government subsidies to political parties by at

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Ruslan Sangadji and Apriadi Gunawan, Palu/Medan – The nationwide simultaneous regional elections scheduled for December this year are unlikely to see much participation by independent candidates.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the reconciliation process between the two camps vying for leadership of the Golkar Party drags on, the camp led by Aburizal Bakrie has announced a plan to take ove

Fana FS Putra, Jakarta – Opposition bloc leader Prabowo Subianto on Thursday said the party he founded, the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, was willing to unite with anyone – including

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Jakarta – Simultaneous local elections set to take place on Dec. 9 are unlikely to lead to reform of regional democracy and could trigger political conflict, according to an expert.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – After months of bickering the two factions in the Golkar Party agreed Saturday to sign a temporary peace agreement to make sure that the country's second-largest politic

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – With only a couple of weeks remaining before the kickoff of the initial stage of simultaneous regional head elections, individuals aspiring to run as independent candida

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Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – The two feuding factions of the Golkar Party – Indonesia's oldest political party – have agreed to set aside their differences in order to select candidates for upco

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A court decision on Monday brought the settlement of months-long infighting within the Golkar Party back to square one, risking both conflicting camps no

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – A number of legislators who have remained loyal to Aburizal Bakrie's leadership of the Golkar Party celebrated victory on Monday after the decision of the state administrati

Jakarta – Indonesia's chief welfare minister claims not to know anything about having resigned from the House of Representatives last year, following revelations that she and another minister from

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Two additional Golkar Party members have been named as suspects in an alleged document forgery scandal within the political party.

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Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has spoken out against the House of Representatives' plan to revise the 2015 Local Elections Law and the 2015 Regional Administration Law, warning that the mov

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Jakarta – A political analyst has warned the General Elections Commission (KPU) against adopting the three recommendations proposed by the House of Representatives regarding this year's simultaneou

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Jakarta – More members of the Democratic Party have expressed their opposition to the reelection of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as party chairman ahead of the party's national congres

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The family of former strongman Soeharto has inserted itself into the deepening rift between the two competing factions within the Golkar Party.

Jakarta – Following reports that the youngest son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, had expressed interest in running in the race for the Golkar Party leadership, senior p

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – A daughter of former dictator Soeharto, Titiek, said on Thursday that many supporters in the region had demanded that her youngest brother, Tommy Soeharto, take the helm of

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With two major political parties currently embroiled in legal battles over leadership issues and local election organizers running on shoestring budgets, the General E

Jakarta – Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani has won approval from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla to keep her new position as Indonesia

Jakarta – A faction of Indonesia's oldest political party affiliated with the opposition claims the rift tearing it apart is being engineered by the pro-government coalition to tighten its control

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Observers have questioned the future quality of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, after its national congress last week saw members deemed qualified sa

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PDI-P rank and file, Sanur, Bali – Her unrivalled authority over the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) having been reaffirmed at the party's national congress in Bali, Megawati Soekar

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