While the campaign for the 2009 parliamentary and presidential elections have just begun, it is already possible to discern the embryonic development of a national leadership crisis, wh

Suwardiman – In welcoming the 2009 general elections, the public has placed its hopes in improvements to their economic and social livelihoods.

Jakarta – Former Jakarta governor and presidential hopeful Sutiyoso said Monday three smaller political parties had pledged him their support in the upcoming presidential elections.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – To prevent political parties from possible losses of votes at the 2009 legislative elections, the government is planning to issue a regulation-in-lieu-of-law o

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Following the Constitutional Court's recent ruling that candidates with the most votes would get legislative seats, major parties have come up with different w

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The impacts of the global financial crisis should not be politicized to attack the incumbent government in the upcoming general elections, President Susilo Bam

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Democracy looks certain to prevail in next year's legislative election after the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that seats in the nation's legislatures

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Political surveys have become a lucrative business ahead of next year's elections with reputable marketing firm Markplus Inc.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The nation's most powerful business lobby group ended its national meeting on Monday with reelected chairman Mohamad Suleman Hidayat throwing his support beh

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains popular for his performance in national security and legal affairs, but is facing a challenge to improve Indonesia's economy, a rece

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Merti Nusantara, an organization made up of 18 community groups representing hundreds of people, was established Wednesday to back Yogyakarta Governor Sulta

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) has begun screening presidential hopefuls in a bid to select a candidate for nomination in the 2009 election.

Panca Nugraha and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Lombok, Bandung – Few residents of West Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), bothered to turn up to polling booths Monday to vote in the second

Novia Chandra Dewi, Jakarta – The 2009 legislative and presidential elections are within sight.

Jakarta (Dtc/Lampost) – The Star Reform Party (PBR) is continuing to select presidential candidates who are suitable for support at its convention.

Ronald Tanamas, Jakarta – The Star Reform Party (PBR) is now looking and seeking out who is the appropriate presidential candidate for it to support in its coming convention.

Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin has called for the formation of a new strategic coalition of Islam-based political parties to win next year's presidential election.

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Oppose the 2009 elections of the political elite – an election of the human rights violators, capitalists, corruptors and opportunist!

Jakarta – Due to public protest, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has chose to drop Tutut Hardijanti Rukmana, the eldest daughter of former president Soeharto, from its list of candid

It's four years this month, since the tsunami hit the Indonesian province of Aceh.

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Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has gained further public support since announcing one of his relatives is a suspect in the Bank Indonesia corruption case,

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The absence of an electoral supervisory agency in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam could trigger violations in the upcoming 2009 election process and threaten st

The size of paper used for voting in the election simulation in Jakarta on Saturday was troubling simulation participants, said a member of Center for General Election Reform.

Hery Winarno, Jakarta – The image of the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) appears to be starting to fade.

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Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With the financial crisis set to drain political parties' coffers, it seems contenders in the 2009 elections could happily welcome any donations, no matter who t

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – In a move that could end years of bitter rivalry, prominent military figures Prabowo Subianto and Wiranto have hinted at the possibility of joining forces in the

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Victory or defeat for the Golkar Party in next year's legislative elections could spell certain doom for Vice President and party chairman Jusuf Kalla, analysts

Astrid Wijaya, Jakarta – Negative campaigning is common practice in elections, and all presidential candidates must be ready to come under fire from rival political parties in the run u

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Chief welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie is still widely perceived as politically and financially influential in the country, despite huge debts wreaking havoc on

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS) has admitted it deliberately glorified Indonesia's national heroes in a series of TV ads that began airing last week to

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh State Administrative Court (PTUN) on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed against the Aceh elections commission by eight legislative candidates

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Golkar Party leader Jusuf Kalla said Friday he settled his feud with People's Conscience Party (Hanura) head Wiranto, who has dropped his legal complaint again

Alfian and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – With huge exposure to distressed stocks, affluent politicians from major political parties have fallen victim to the recent turmoil in the equity

Lisbon – The Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin) threatened to abandon the Timorese Parliament by the end of the year, accusing the deputies of the parliamentary ma

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Khairul Saleh, Palembang – Home Minister Mardiyanto is scheduled to install Alex Noerdin and Eddy Yusuf as South Sumatra's new governor and vice governor on Friday.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – New political parties are stepping up pressure for a revision of the newly passed presidential election bill, with potential candidate Wiranto vowing to lead

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – New political parties are stepping up pressure for a revision of the newly passed presidential election bill, with potential candidate Wiranto vowing to lead

Jakarta – Presidential hopefuls retired generals Wiranto and Sutiyoso expressed their disappointment Sunday against the newly passed presidential election bill, saying they would suppor

Slamet Sutanto, Yogyakarta – In Javanese tradition, a king or sultan is a figure with superlative abilities because of the divine revelation needed to become one.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The House of Representatives unanimously passed the presidential election bill Wednesday, bringing an end to a heated debate over the minimum support a party mus

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The East Nusa Tenggara General Election Commission (KPUD) announced that at least 22 of the provinces 38 political parties have failed to meet the minimum q

Slamet Susanto and Tarko Sudiarno, Yogyakarta – After much speculation, Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X announced Tuesday his bid for the presidency in 2009, at a meeting th

Abdul Khalik – The House of Representatives has moved closer to a compromise to unanimously pass the presidential election bill on Wednesday, after nine of 10 factions agreed on the min

Yogyakarta – The Sultan of Yogyakarta, a revered Indonesian royal who has long harbored political ambitions, told an audience of thousands made up of princes and commoners that he would

Jakarta – The results of research and a political study by Charta Politika (Political Charter) has revealed that the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) has three sources of stren