Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has rejected a suggestion that his administration is behind a plot to oust Airlangga Hartarto as Golkar Party chairman and replace him with a po

Tika Ayu, Jakarta – Puan Maharani, the chairperson of the central executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), revealed that her party would announce the runni

GJ Burchall – The first of many things that strike you at polling places in Timor-Leste is the total lack of assaults on voters by how-to-vote card boosters – the sort that swarm all ov

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – A recent meeting between opposition presidential candidate Anies Baswedan and former maritime affairs and fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti has led to speculati

Jakarta – If Indonesia wants to protect what is left of its waning democracy, it needs to keep its party politics healthy through a democratic system that allows for a fair contest for

News Desk, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) Jakarta office has said that it would remove Cinta Mega from her seat on the Jakarta City Council after she wa

Tika Ayu, Jakarta – Pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia said the public urges President Joko Widodo or Jokowi not to side with one particular presidential candidate in the 2024 general

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered his eighth Cabinet reshuffle earlier this week with just over a year left of his second and final term in office.

Pudja Lestari, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Sunday delivered a message of unity and cautioned against engaging in divisive tactics that can harm the fabric of the nation

Alexander R Arifianto – The 2024 Indonesian elections are fast approaching.

Ima Dini Shafira, Jakarta – Gerindra Party Secretary General Ahmad Muzani denied the saying that the meeting between the 1998 activist Budiman Sudjatmiko and the party's chief patron Pr

Jakarta – The 2024 general elections will likely go down in history as Indonesia's first TikTok election, given the rising popularity of the Chinese video-hosting service in the country

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hosted NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh at the State Palace on Monday after having shunned the coalition member for months over his

Joshua Walker – A bold development in Prabowo Subianto's 2024 presidential campaign has been his promise that if he wins, he will invite his vanquished election rivals to join his gover

Max Lane – How does an outgoing president secure his political future without the usual party mechanism?

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) mentioned two figures worthy to be endorsed for the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Police has published a vulnerability index for the General Election, indicating that 12 out of 29 regencies and cities in Papua are at risk of conflict during

Maria Fransisca Lahur, Jakarta – To safeguard the 2024 General Elections, Indonesia's Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) have prepared a task force to ensure cyber-security during the natio

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has played down the growing number of billboards featuring him and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a potential rival to Ganjar Pr

Yulida Medistiara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD is asking the public to actively participate in next year's presidential and legisl

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party will likely establish a new coalition to pave the way for chairman Airlangga Hartarto to run for the 2024 presidential election, an executive s

Jakarta – Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, who has declared plans to run for president a third time, is gaining momentum seven months away from the vote, according to the

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – With the country's youth between 18 and 40 years old making up the majority of eligible voters for the 2024 elections, political parties have begun drawing up the

Jakarta – The numbers are in: Young voters will dominate the 2024 ballots.

Max Lane – A small new party is sticking to its ideological guns but will probably not make much of a dent in the established elite's stranglehold on Indonesia's electoral politics.

Fachri Hamzah, Padang – Ruling party PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto asserted that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is consistent in supporting Ganjar Pranowo as a presidential c

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has highlighted that human rights issues that do the rounds ahead of elections are never concrete or discu

Jakarta – Gerindra Party politician Andre Rosiade has said his party would welcome new partners this month to back the presidential bid of chairman Prabowo Subianto in the presidential

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Gantry Meilana – Former Timor-Leste independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was sworn in on Saturday as prime minister of Asia's youngest country after his party won the parliamentary electi

Fransiskus Salu, Tegar Nurfitra, Manokwari, West Papua – The Regional Police of West Papua will station special troops across all regions of West Papua Province and Southwest Papua Prov

Antara, Magelang – Chairman of the Central Java Muhammadiyah Tafsir encouraged people to refrain from abstaining from voting in the 2024 General Elections as it will not solve problems.

Dili – Timor-Leste's first democratically elected head of state, Mr Xanana Gusmao, returned to power on Saturday, eight years after he resigned as prime minister of South-east Asia's yo

Maria Gabrielle, Jakarta – The General Election Commission, or KPU, approved on Sunday the list of 204.8 million voters for the Indonesian colossal elections when they will elect the pr

Hendro Situmorang, Jakarta – As the political landscape continues to evolve, State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir said on Saturday he is ready to contest as a running mate for t

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo earlier this week held a meeting with Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a front-runner in next year's presidential election, the third in less

Fikri Harish, Jakarta – Two presumptive presidential candidates Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan have bumped into each other while on a lunch break during the haj pilgrimage in Saudi A

Ima Dini Shafira, Jakarta – Presidential nominees Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo met in Mecca while performing the Hajj pilgrimage.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in private at the State Palace on Monday, June 26, 2023.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Signs are growing that Indonesian President Joko Widodo is leaning towards endorsing Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto for president in the 2024 polls i

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is the frontrunner for the Central Java gubernatorial election next year with an overw

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Press Council chairperson Ninik Rahayu hopes that the press will not be used as buzzers for one of the political parties in the 2024 general election.

Nadirsyah Hosen – The most important feature of democracy is the right of citizens to choose the people who exercise government power through electoral processes.

Ricki Harahap, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party, of PKB, insisted on Monday that Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar must become a candidate for president or vice president in the 2024 ele

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) is being urged to ensure that the General Elections Commission (KPU) reinstate the requirement for candidates to su

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Presidential Secretariate's spokesperson Bey Machmudin on Monday revealed that the meeting between President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Defense Minister

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Coalition for Change, a political alliance between the Democratic Party, the NasDem Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), is turning heads as

BeritaSatu, Denpasar – Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno indicated on Sunday that there will be no repeat of his pairing with Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 presidential election.

Jakarta – Indonesia survived yet another test of its hard-won democracy yesterday, when the Constitutional Court almost unanimously rejected a motion that would have essentially revived

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's younger son and social media celebrity Kaesang Pangarep has been widely seen as gearing up to join a mayoral race nex