Lisa Palmer – Timor-Leste turns 20 on the 20th of May 2022. It has a freshly minted new (and former) president, Dr Jose Ramos Horta who will be sworn into power on the same day.

Dili (Reuters) – Timor-Leste's independence figure and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated as the country's fifth president on Friday (May 20), pledging to dedicate his time

Dili – Former Timor-Leste independence fighter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was to be sworn in as the president of Asia's youngest country on Thursday night as it mar

Jakarta – The United Indonesia Coalition, which is made up of the Golkar Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the United Development Party (PPP) claims that it will continue the

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Indikator Politik Indonesia researcher Bawono Kumoro says that there is a good possibility that three presidential and vice presidential candidate ticket

Jakarta – Home Minister Tito Karnavian installed five acting governors on Thursday, marking the beginning of the mass replacement of 271 regional heads this year and next year as a cons

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – More than half of all Indonesian provinces including Jakarta will be led by interim governors appointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo until the histo

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Paramadina University political observer Ahmad Khoirul Umam says that the Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) General Chairperson and Defense Minister

Jakarta – Accompanied by his only son, fashion designer Didit Hediprasetyo, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who also chairs the country's third-largest party, Gerindra, visited Indon

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is one of few names the National Democratic Party, or Nasdem, considers nominating for the 2024 presidential elections, a party

Parker Novak – The results of Timor-Leste's 19 April presidential run-off were unsurprising, with challenger Jose Ramos-Horta besting the incumbent, Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres, by a 24

Patrick O'Connor – Ramos-Horta received 62 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Fretilin President Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres with 38 percent. Turn out was 75.2 percent.

Joao da Cruz Cardoso – Following Timor-Leste's presidential run-off election on 19 April, Jose Ramos-Horta has been confirmed as the country's next president in a landslide victory over

Fernanda Canofre and Dercio Tsandzana – As Timor-Leste celebrates its 20th independence anniversary, former president and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has been annou

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) deputy speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid reacted to a rumor – which was first made public by PDIP Party politician Masint

Jakarta – The sudden emergence of the Indonesian Student Party (Partai Mahasiswa Indonesia, PMI) has elicited a variety of responses.

Dili, Timor Leste – Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta called for dialogue on Thursday, one day after scoring a landslide victory in Timor Leste's presidential election.

The Nobel prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta has scored a landslide victory in Timor-Leste's presidential election, according to preliminary results published by the election secretariat.

Independence leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has won a second term as president of Timor-Leste.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Lokataru Legal and Human Rights Foundation requested a judicial review of Law No.

Chris Barrett, Singapore – A decade after being unseated, Jose Ramos-Horta is headed for a return to East Timor's presidential palace from where he will be charged with resolving the co

Kate Lamb and Nelson Da Cruz – Independence leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has taken a decisive lead in the second and final round of East Timor's presidential election, ear

Max Lane – The recent brouhaha over a possible extension of President Joko Widodo's term underscores a quandary in Indonesia's politics: there is no low-risk candidate that political pa

Dili, Timor Leste – Voting in the second and final round of Timor Leste's presidential election began early on Tuesday, with Nobel laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, the clear frontrunner in t

Dili, East Timor – East Timor's citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or a former guerrilla fighter – the incumbent president – as their next leader.

Yassar Aulia – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has acted to end efforts to extend his time in office beyond his constitutionally mandated two-term limit.

Antara, Jakarta – Democratic Party chairperson Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, or AHY, in an internal party even on Sunday, April 17, said that his Party is open to establish a coalition with

Parker Novak – Timorese voters head to the polls again on Tuesday 19 April for the second round of the country's presidential election.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of the Gerindra Party faction at the Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD Jakarta), Rani Mauliani, on Sunday hopes that the future governor who will repla

Julia Lau – Recent student protests against rising living costs and rumours that Widodo might seek a third presidential term suggest that Indonesia's democracy is not as resilient as so

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – The months-long controversy over a proposal to postpone the 2024 elections and extend the presidential term has ended.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian on Wednesday told the General Election Commission (KPU) on Wednesday to make sure the 2024 election runs smoothly, whi

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A Catholic priest is to moderate the presidential debate in Timor-Leste as Asia's youngest democracy gets ready for a second round of voting on April 19.

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has flatly denied suggestions that his administration is attempting to extend his term and delay the 2024 presidential elections,

Jakarta – The Golkar Party leadership issued a statement on Monday supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to go ahead with the 2024 general election as scheduled, in an ab

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement asking his ministers to not talk about extending his term in office was an amb

Sydney Allen – Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at a Cabinet meeting on April 5, where he told his aides to stop suggesting he runs for a third term.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A number of politicians of the National Mandate Party (PAN) collectively stated that Party chairman Zulkifli Hasan no longer is in support of the idea to postpone

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A number of political parties reportedly started setting their eyes on Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka for the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) following m

Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has sought to rein in speculation that he intends to stay in office beyond his legally mandated two terms, ord

Jakarta – A student protest against the postponement of the legislative and presidential elections in 2024 and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo serving a third term in office, which was h

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – In a plenary cabinet session aired live by the Presidential Secretariat office in Youtube on Wednesday, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo scolded his state m

Johannes Nugroho – A video clip dating from 2019 featuring Indonesia's former president Megawati Sukarnoputri has caused a stir on Indonesian social media in recent weeks.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung on Monday acknowledged the existence of groups that continue to try to promote President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi's extended preside

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – Representative of the volunteers for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's 2014 and 2019 elections rebuffed joining the movement that promotes an extended presiden

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Expert staff at the Presidential Staff Office, Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, responded to the students' plan to stage a demonstration if President Joko "Jokowi" W

Tim Lindsey (The Conversation), Melbourne, Australia – Indonesia's next general elections are not until Valentine's Day 2024. But in Indonesian politics, that is not far away.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Mr Joko Widodo's main rival in the last two elections is now leading in popularity, even as the Indonesian president remains top of mind.

Jakarta – A number of observers believe that the intellectual actors behind the discourse on postponing the 2024 legislative and presidential elections or for President Joko "Jokowi" Wi