President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo swore in new Army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak, a family member of a close ally to the President, on Wednesday, despite concerns among civil groups that the outgoing president was trying to retain power by installing loyalists in top positions.

Indonesia’s 2024 presidential candidates have presented their visions of how they will manage the country’s quickly growing digital economy if they are elected.

Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan promised to improve public transportation on the Bogor-Jakarta route during his Bogor campaign.

Partisanship amid the state apparatus can reduce the public's trust in the 2024 election, the Indonesian Ombudsman has warned.

The official, 75-day campaign period for next year’s presidential election kicked off on Tuesday, with two of the three candidates hitting the road to woo voters across the nation.

As the official campaign period for the 2024 presidential election kicked off on Tuesday, two of the three candidate pairs hit the trail, with presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo and his running mate Mahfud MD starting their campaign at the geographical extremes of the country, while presidential candidate Anies Baswedan and running mate Muhaimin Iskandar began in places closer to the core of state power.

The 2024 election campaign has kicked off, after candidates pledged to maintain a peaceful contest while poll officials and law enforcers gear up for the nation’s most ambitious election yet.

The Jakarta office of the General Elections Commission (KPU) is planning to implement extra measures to ensure the health of poll administrators during the upcoming general election  following the death of hundreds of poll workers in the previous election in 2019.

Ganjar said the campaign strategy, including meeting with local communities and the choice of departing locations, was his idea.

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has relaunched its electoral candidate profile platform, Rekamjejak.net, in preparation for the 2024 legislative election.

Gadjah Mada University (UGM) will send 1,403 students to help communities ahead of the 2024 general election as part of the university’s compulsory community service program.

Although the campaign season does not begin in earnest until Wednesday, all three presidential candidates and their running mates have not missed the chance to hit the trail early, making appearances at rallies and discussions in the past weeks in hopes of luring voters ahead of the February election.

Officials running for office can take one working day off every week during the election campaign. Weekends and holidays are exempt from the leave provisions, and individuals can campaign on those days.

Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo on Friday met with two public figures, Jesuit priest Franz-Magnis Suseno and former vice president Boediono, just days before the official start of the 2024 election campaign season.

The Ganjar camp’s efforts to team up with Anies may have to do with the need to chip away at growing support for the rival Prabowo-Gibran ticket, an analyst suggested.

Anies Baswedan, 56, is a former governor of Jakarta (2017-2022) and prior a former culture and education minister (2014-2016). He has a PhD in political science from Northern Illinois University in the United States, and is an alumnus of the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Faculty of Economics and Business.

Ganjar Pranowo, 55, is the former governor of Central Java (2013-2023), and before that, a lawmaker (2004-2013) for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). He has a postgraduate degree in political science from the University of Indonesia and is an alumnus of Gadjah Mada University’s (UGM) Faculty of Law.

Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, 72, is a retired Army lieutenant general, a businessman and the incumbent Defense Minister (2019-present). Due to his proximity to power throughout his military career, he entered politics in 2004 to pursue his dream of becoming the nation’s president.

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto said on Thursday that Indonesia could independently produce plant-based green fuel to reduce imports.

The Golkar Party has issued letters stating that the party supports President Jokowi's son-in-law as either its North Sumatra gubernatorial or Medan mayoral candidate.

Muhammadiyah chairman Haedar Nashir said earlier this year that the group would not support any presidential candidates.

Ganjar Pranowo, who is supported by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the biggest political party in the legislative coalition supporting Jokowi, has struggled to build his campaign against the President.

An initiative called Jaga Pemilu (Safeguard Election) seeks to encourage stronger public awareness and participation in making sure that the 2024 election will not undermine democratic principles.

Senior backers of presidential candidates Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan have expressed confidence that the new Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto will ensure the armed forces remain neutral in the lead up to next year’s polls.

Party chairman Muhaimin Iskandar said he condemned the brutal act of war and called on Indonesian Muslims to promote peace in the Middle East.

Supporters of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo have sought to tamp down reports about the behind-the-scenes role First Lady Iriana has played in grooming and positioning their eldest son Gibran Rakabuming Raka for high office.

There has been a dispute on social media over whether Gibran completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia.