Arya Dipa, Bandung – Candidates in the West Java gubernatorial election seem to have ducked the question of religious intolerance and radicalism despite the province's poor reputation o

Zakir Hussain – When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took direct control of his Democratic Party's reins a fortnight ago, many cheered the fact that the former general was

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The hope of getting into the House of Representatives by politicians from parties deemed ineligible to run in the 2014 general elections have been kept alive

Carlos Paath – While convincingly leading two recent surveys on possible candidates for the 2014 presidential election, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo appears unlikely to run.

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Democratic Party's popularity will continue to crumble as long as graft-embattled Anas Urbaningrum remains chairman, a polling analyst says.

In spite of a peaceful finish to the Democratic Party national leadership meeting on Sunday, the chairmanship of Anas remains in peril.

Hans David Tampubolon – In terms of political survival skills, Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum may have few peers.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The high assembly of the Democratic Party has agreed to oust graft convict Angelina Sondakh from the House of Representatives and the party, after the Jakarta

Hans David Tampubolon – As graft and accusations of graft drag down the Democratic Party's top politicians, questions are springing up about the party's fundraising for the 2014 campaig

Jakarta – Media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo's decision to join the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) has renewed hopes for the party and the presidential ambitions of its chairman, Gen.

Carlos Paath – The Democratic Party's caucus concluded anticlimactically on Sunday, making no mention of the previously anticipated dismissal of chairman Anas Urbaningrum following his

Carlos Paath – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) named media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo as its new chief patron on Sunday, following his recent resignation from the National Democrat

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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Yet again the streets of Papua were left bloody after another violent incident occurred at Kampung Pugo, East Paniai district, Paniai regency on Thursday.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After declaring an alliance with the Ulema National Awakening Party, the United Development Party said it was now seeking to establish a broader coalition of

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie says President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took over the ruling party not merely due to Democrats' sinking populari

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Democratic Party chief patron Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday took over leadership of the ruling party, which has been ravaged by internal conflicts and a slew

Arya Dipa, Bandung – As the campaign season kicked off on Thursday, ahead of the upcoming West Java gubernatorial election, the five candidate pairs have begun making "10,000 promises"

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Some people in West Java consider vote-buying in gubernatorial elections to be the norm.

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SP/Carlos Paath, Ezra Sihite & Rizky Amelia – It was with great fanfare that Anis Matta was appointed the new president of the Prosperous Justice Party on Friday.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Islamic United Development Party (PPP) has continued to make overtures to a number of fringe groups in the country in an effort to shore up support from traditi

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto is concerned that despite Indonesia's resource wealth the country has always been see

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Jakarta – Although Indonesia's economic fundamentals remain among the strongest in Asia, "political noise" ahead of the 2014 elections may affect the country's economic growth, an inter

The arrest and detention of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq not only shocked the party members but also surprised its critics, who have longed argued tha

Ezra Sihite – The newly-appointed chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party, Anis Matta, said on Friday that the naming of the party's former leader as a graft suspect was all just a "bi

Jakarta – In what could be seen as an effort to squeeze votes out of devout Muslims, the Islamist United Development Party (PPP) has declared itself ready to strike a deal with the vigi

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Great Indonesian Movement Party says that there is still a chance that it would form a coalition with Megawati Sukarnoputri's party to support its founder, Prabowo

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under growing pressure to raise fuel prices and curb oil imports as currency risks persist and the window to act narrows ahead of elections in 2014

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Robertus Wardi – They can sing, dance, act and walk the runway, but the question on voters' minds is whether they represent the people and can pass qua

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The NasDem Party's first national congress in Jakarta on Friday was filled with uplifting and encouraging remarks from the fledgling party's leaders in the

A group that had crossed the Papuan border to join the Free Papua Movement (OPM) led by Daniel Kogoya in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have handed over three firearms to the Cenderawasih Milit

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SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – Prabowo Subianto, the former Army general who tops most polls of prospective presidential candidates, says he is working to get the endorsement of the country's acad

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Jakarta – Aburizal Bakrie is the most-talked about presidential candidate on social media outlets, but he is also considered by netizens as the least preferable person to become the cou

Jakarta – In the run-up to the selection of legislative candidates in April, political parties have started to pick familiar faces that will attract voters to their parties in the upcom

PFF, Rarotonga, Cook Islands – Killing, beating, abducting and jailing journalists in West Papua remains the most immediate issue in regional affairs, states the Pacific Freedom Forum.

Ezra Sihite – Ten political parties that qualified to run in the 2014 legislative elections obtained their ballot numbers on Monday.

Ezra Sihite – Thinking of a career in the legislature? Gerindra Party announced on Monday that it was looking for candidates seeking to contest the 2014 legislative elections.

Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – The coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Haris Ashar says that the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HA

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), publicly perceived as tolerant to polygamy, sacked one of its provincial legislators for not registering his second

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