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Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have charged two Golkar Party politicians for document forgery in relation to an ongoing rift tearing apart the country's oldest political party.

Jakarta – Tycoons, former ministers, musicians and lawyers are among the newly announced lineup at the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, which recently reelected former presidential cand

Jakarta – Rachmati Soekarnoputri, younger sister of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, was officially sworn-in as deputy chairwoman of Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party.

Yustinus Paat & Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – At least three political parties will suffer in this year's regional election, analysts predicted on Sunday, with two engulfed in a prolonged power str

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives, or DPR, has asked election organizers to allow relatives of serving regional leaders to run in this year's elections, amid a move to block such

Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri will probably not be facing any opposition at next week's congress for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), but she has to accommodate a growing con

Jakarta – The Golkar Party faction led by Agung Laksono warned the Red-White Coalition (KMP) on Thursday that it was to stay out of the party's spectacular split and allow resolution to be found th

Hotman Siregar & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The State Administrative Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended the Justice Ministry's decision to endorse a pro-government faction inside

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri is slated to continue as chairwoman of the country's biggest political party for a fifth consecutive term despite strong public demand for a new brand

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Hotman Siregar & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The rift inside the Golkar Party reached a new height on Monday with the party's House of Representatives, or DPR, caucus offi

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) says it recognizes the Golkar Party faction led by Agung Laksono. The faction has recently been validated by the government.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Former news anchor Grace Natalie is working on the establishment of a new political party run entirely by young people, she announced on Sunday.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The People's Democratic Party, or PRD, once accused by the military of having ties to the banned Communist Party of Indonesia, or PKI, (as well as, more innocuously, to Amn

Jakarta – Conflict between the Golkar Party's two opposing factions has intensified as news of the Agung Laksono camp's plan to seize control of the party's faction office at the House of Represent

Kennial Caroline Laia & Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Analysts have warned that the party of President Joko Widodo is committing political suicide by not endorsing the popular and highly regarded Tr

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A proposal for an inquiry into Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

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Erwin Cristianson, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Yustinus Paat & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The Red-White Coalition could be reduced to only two parties soon, political analysts say, as the biggest

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Tensions between two opposing factions in the Golkar Party have escalated as Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

SP/Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The General Election Commission, or KPU, has announced it will form an ethics committee to oversee pollsters, a move it hopes will squeeze out unreliable survey instituti

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Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – With no apparent resolution in sight, the prolonged rifts plaguing two major political parties could cause them to miss this year's regional elections, activists warned on

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A major change is expected to transpire at the House of Representatives as the Golkar Party, the second-largest faction in the legislative body, is expected to replace

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a bid to curb extravagant political campaigns, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is set to put a cap on campaign spending for candidates and political parties

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With rifts having developed within political parties following last year's presidential election, a new law on regional elections has introduced a mechanism that allow

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Jakarta – Activists on Tuesday criticized Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo's proposal to give $75.8 million to each political party, saying that it would have the opposite effect to that intende

Simon Roughneen, Dili – Just three weeks into his new job, Rui Araujo, East Timor's new prime minister, faces the daunting task of filling the shoes of a national icon, Xanana Gusmao.

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Hamish McDonald – Just about everyone following last year's elections in Indonesia got hooked by the beguiling Jokowi story: the Javanese boy raised in a squatter home on the banks of a

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Hotman Siregar & Robertus Wardhy, Jakarta – The rift dividing Indonesia's oldest political party, Golkar, continued to widen as two rival factions drew different interpretations of a verdict is

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Yustinus Paat, Nusa Dua, Bali/Jakarta – Zulkifli Hasan, the newly elected chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), asserted on Monday that his party would stay i

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN), should strengthen its political appeal under new chairman Zulkifli Hasan and take advantage of the ongoing identity crises that other Indo

Mong Palatino – East Timor's new prime minister, Dr Rui Maria de Araujo, appealed for unity as a way to build a more inclusive and tolerant society.

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Dili – East Timor Monday inaugurated a new prime minister at the head of a unity government, as it seeks to hand power to the next generation of leaders more than a decade after gaining independenc

Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Wiranto has been unanimously reelected chairman of the Hanura Party and will lead the party until 2020.

Kandhi Barnes, Dili, East Timor – Opposition party member Rui Maria de Araujo was sworn in Monday as East Timor's prime minister, leading a smaller 38-member Cabinet for the half-island nation.

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Jakarta – The Golkar Party appears no closer to ending the most serious rift in its 50-year history, with two rival factions continuing to wage a battle for the leadership of Indonesia's grand old

Tom Allard – In the annals of East Timor's extraordinary emergence as a nation state after 500 years of foreign domination, no figure has loomed as large as Xanana Gusmao.

Randy Fabi – East Timor's independence hero and out-going prime minister Xanana Gusmao will stay in the cabinet as investment minister, the government said on Wednesday, raising questions about the

East Timor's president has chosen former health minister Rui Araujo to be the new prime minister of the country, the government says.

After leading East Timor since independence, Xanana Gusmao has resigned as PM, paving the way for a government overhaul.