Top officials of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization have instructed leaders of NU branches across the country to support presidential pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka ahead of the Feb. 14 voting day, a former NU branch head recently claimed .

The alumni group, comprised of graduates of at least three Catholics high schools including Canisius College, Tarakanita and Santa Ursula, declared its support for presidential candidate pair Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud MD and voiced concern about the condition of human rights and democracy in Indonesia.  

Elections watchdogs and members of the public have called for more order and restraint in the placement of campaign flags and banners in response to a series of recent road accidents caused by falling campaign materials.

"We’re also talking about, for example, the economy. Everything that we present in our vision, mission and program, none of it is solely for men, all of it is for women too," spokeswoman Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo told Antara news agency on Tuesday.

Vice presidential candidate Muhaimin Iskandar promised to empower fishermen and fish farmers, unveiling his plan to market fish products to haj pilgrims through the Religious Affairs Ministry.

Vice presidential candidate Mahfud MD vows to forgive farmers and fishermen who have defaulted on their loans, saying it will not burden state finances if corruption is eradicated.

Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia alleged that one of the presidential candidates is being lobbied by foreign bodies to reopen nickel ore exports.  

Signs of fractures within President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration over electoral politics have cast doubt on the effectiveness of the government in the President’s last year in office, amid accusations that top officials are covertly backing certain candidates.

Vice presidential candidate Mahfud MD said at a campaign event in Semarang on Tuesday that he would resign from the cabinet.

The Ganjar-Mahfud camp reached out to young voters in Banten to introduce the candidates’ ideas and build a strong bond with the future generation.

Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo said those who will vote for him because of the free internet program are "smart" voters in a retort to rival candidate Prabowo Subianto who said the program was for "slow-brained" people. 

Airlangga said there should be no legal or ethical problem if a sitting president made his political preference known as long as he did not abuse government facilities to campaign for a political candidate.

Vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka questioned the accuser's ability to track his exact grades. 

Coordinator of President Jokowi's special aides Ari Dwipayana, a political science professor from Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University, also said that the President's statement on Wednesday had been widely misinterpreted.

Sudirman Said, a co-captain in Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar campaign team, said high-ranking public officials who came from the pair's supporting political parties were too busy serving the public to participate in presidential campaigns.

More than 200 million people are eligible to vote in the February 14 election, with slightly more than half of them women, according to the country's election commission, yet only a handful of women represent them in parliament.

The name of the former investment banker, presidential speechwriter and trade minister is on everyone's digital lips as economist Thomas Lembong, cocaptain of the Anies-Muhaimin campaign, becomes the latest buzz after an ill-timed name-dropping during the final vice presidential debate on Sunday.

Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Hermono has denied an allegation circulating in an online video that accused intelligence entities of being involved in the overseas voter list for the general election in Kuala Lumpur.

While many people have updated their voter registration details to allow them to cast ballots in the area where they now live, work or study, others have been unable to do so either because of red tape, a lack of information or simply ignorance.

The political landscape ahead of the February presidential election may change once again as key figures behind 2024 candidates seek allies for an expected runoff vote.

Anies Baswedan hosted a large campaign rally in Yogyakarta, reiterating the spirit of change and cautioning against authoritarianism.

Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo visited the Central Java cities of Salatiga, Kendal and Sukoharjo on Tuesday as part of his campaign tour of the province.

Ganjar said that Jokowi had no intention of taking away voters, following the President's visit to Central Java just two weeks after the former’s campaign sessions in the province.

During an open rally in Bekasi regency, presidential candidate Anies Baswedan promises to provide equal job opportunities and curb nepotism in job recruitment.

PSI chairman Kaesang Pangarep holds a campaign session in Surakarta and asks attendees to vote for presidential candidate pair Prabowo-Gibran and introduces legislative candidates from his party.

Critics say the three candidates for the post of vice president only scratched the surface of environmental and governance issues in Indonesia’s mineral-processing industry during Sunday’s debate.

The fourth debate was expected to spur important conversations around policies on energy, the environment and indigenous community rights, but instead devolved into bouts of sparring and ad hominem attacks.