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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie risks alienating supporters, experts say, after unilaterally reversing his party's earlier s

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Even though his Golkar Party chairmanship was yet to be legalized, Agung Laksono and his men occupied the party's headquarters in a show of force before the

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Jakarta – When the late dictator Suharto wanted to undermine the political opposition to his iron-fisted rule, he did it from the inside, sowing seeds of discontent that fractured any s

Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's leadership rift took a new turn late on Monday after disputed chairman Agung Laksono said his camp planned to file a lawsuit against a ri

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Only two days after securing his reelection as Golkar Party chairman, Aburizal Bakrie now faces fresh challenges to his leadership after a breakaway faction

Robertus Wardhy & Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – The Democratic Party will attempt to join with Joko Widodo's coalition to fight to retain direct elections for regional representatives, p

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, the chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, made an appearance at the Golkar Party congress in Bali on Thursday,

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Desy Nurhayati, Nusa Dua, Bali – With little resistance from his party opponents Aburizal Bakrie easily won by acclamation the leadership of the Golkar Party for a second term on Wednes

Jakarta – Aburizal Bakrie stands on the verge of winning a second term at the helm of Indonesia's most storied political party – an achievement made possible through the subversion of t

When the dust settles from the Golkar Party's national congress in Bali to pick a new leader, it will be the opposition Red-White coalition, or KMP, that emerges the real winner of the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Novi Setuningsih, Bali/Jakarta – Jusuf Kalla has warned the Golkar Party that the public will take a dim view of its leadership election being conducted i

Jakarta – Supporters of Romahurmuziy, the newly elected chairman of the United Development Party (PPP), stormed the party's headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday in an ef

Bagus BT Saragih and Ni Komang Erviani, Bali/Jakarta – As an engineered plan to ensure that incumbent Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie secured a second term became apparent on the

Yeremia Sukoyo & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Nusa Dua, Bali – Using his control of the party's 33 provincial branches, Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie managed to shut down his o

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Conflict over the Golkar Party leadership has been predicted to be fierce because whoever wins will have significant influence over the count

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Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's recent appointment of attorney general H.M.

Robertus Wardi, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Stefy Tenu, Jakarta – A heated split inside the Golkar Party is seen as a proxy fight between the ruling coalition and opposition as the p

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Golkar Party plenary meeting was violently disrupted on Tuesday, and culminated in rivals of chairman Aburizal Bakrie joining forces to plan their own party

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Golkar Party moved ahead with a central executive board plenary meeting on Monday, arousing the ire of a growing segment within the party that rejects th

Paulina Quintao – CAUCUS is providing training for female members of political parties in Aileu, Ermera and Liquisa in preparation for them to compete in the 2016 municipal elections.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Golkar national leaders meeting (Rapimnas) in Yogyakarta decided on Wednesday to have its national congress elect its next chairman by the end of this

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has been criticized for its inflexible response to reports of alleged election violations, thus causing tensions

Dili – East Timor is facing an uncertain future as resistance hero Xanana Gusmao prepares to step down as prime minister after helping hold the tiny nation together during the chaotic e

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court started hearing on Wednesday seven judicial review petitions challenging two government regulations in lieu of law (Perppu) issued by for

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – More people are calling for the implementation of an electronic voting system (e-voting) in next year's concurrent regional elections.

Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Contenders of incumbent Aburizal Bakrie in the upcoming Golkar Party chairmanship election have complained about alleged "foul play" by

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Experts have said Papua still has huge potential to contribute to land-based carbon emission reduction efforts because it has a lower level of carbon emis

Jakarta – Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are set to deliberate on the presidential regulation in lieu of law that nullified an unpopular law recently enacted by the House, wh

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has suspended a decree issued by the law and human rights minister that acknowledges Muhammad "Romy" Romahurmuziy

Jakarta – Resistance to Djan Faridz, the new chairman of a breakaway faction of the United Development Party (PPP), has emerged after a national congress in Jakarta named him to replace

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Golkar Party politicians vying for the party's top post have suggested that they would reverse Golkar's role as an opposition party should they succeed to un

Jakarta – The rift within the United Development Party, or PPP, reached new depths this week with a breakaway camp staging its own national convention in Jakarta.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A group of Golkar Party politicians vying for the party's top job have warned their incumbent chairman Aburizal Bakrie against abusing his authority to stay

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Two rival groups in the United Development Party (PPP) are striving for legitimacy after the government issued a decree confirming the contested appointmen

Venidora Oliveira – Political party members lack knowledge of the Public Subsidy Budget which is provided by the National Electoral Commission to registered Timorese political parties.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Batam/Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is preparing for regional head elections, slated to be held simultaneously in seven provinces and 181 regencie

Adelia Anjani Putri & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court rejected on Thursday a judicial review of the controversial regional elections law on account of a presi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Surabaya – Despite the United Development Party (PPP) declaring allegiance to the coalition of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, it might mean nothing as the par

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Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Friday met and for the first time congratulated the winner, Joko Widodo, more than three months after

Hans Nicholas Jong, Surabaya – The United Development Party (PPP) declared secretary-general Muhammad Romahurmuziy the party's new chairman, replacing former religious affairs minister

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – As the inauguration of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo nears, National Mandate Party (PAN) chairman and defeated vice-presidential candidate Hatta Rajas

By Max Lane

Executive summary

"The Indonesian government's chokehold on Papua media coverage has effectively turned foreign journalism in the province into a criminal activity.

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