The Golkar Party has backed away from the Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) in the Banten gubernatorial election to nominate a separate candidate, following a recent court ruling that has made more parties eligible to nominate candidates either individually or in smaller alliances.

The former Jakarta governor has reportedly obtained three court documents necessary to contest the regional head elections, although he is yet to gain formal backing from a political party as required for the candidate registration period that runs from Aug. 27 to 29.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is mounting a challenge to the dominance of the Gerindra Party-led Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) in key battleground regions as the hours tick to the start of the candidate registration on Tuesday.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has made a cryptic remark about support coming and going in droves during a presidential tenure, fanning speculation that the outgoing leader is trying to consolidate support around him as his decade-long term in office is coming to an end.

A sudden shift in preelection dynamics has put Golkar’s Airin Rachmi Diany on the Banten gubernatorial ticket of the PDI-P.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has finished converting votes from the February legislative election into seats at the House of Representatives, with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) coming out on top.

A total of 514 leaders of regency-level party branch and 34 leaders of provincial party branches has agreed in acclamation to reappoint Muhaimin for his fifth term in office. Muhaimin has been serving as party chairman since 2005. 

Demonstrations flared up in several cities in Indonesia last week as anger mounted over what Jokowi's critics say is an attempt to further consolidate his power as he prepares to make way for successor Prabowo Subianto in October.

The House of Representatives has approved a new regulation on nomination requirements for the upcoming regional head elections that complies with a set of Constitutional Court rulings that legislators had previously sought to override.

In an apparent change of tone, president-elect Prabowo Subianto and his Gerindra Party are rallying support to back the Constitutional Court after the House of Representatives attempted to roll back court-ordered changes to the Regional Elections Law and was met with widespread protests.

Musicians throughout the country have been deploying a viral peringatan darurat (emergency warning) symbol in protest of lawmakers’ recent efforts to override Constitutional Court rulings on regional election nomination requirements, as well as to remind the public to keep policymakers in check.

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) said its chairman Kaesang Pangarep, who along with wife Erina Gudono has become the subject of public anger on social media following their luxurious trip to the United States amid nationwide protests, would not contest in any gubernatorial elections in November.

Among the main tasks of the newly established National Nutrition Agency is to implement the free nutritious meals program, the flagship project of president-elect Prabowo Subianto's campaign platform, which will begin in January 2025.

Speaking at a National Mandate Party (PAN) national congress in Jakarta, he said that politicians and political parties asked for the mandate for power from the people, therefore, they must put the people above themselves.

The protests followed a day of demonstrations in which 301 people were detained and tear gas and water cannon used to disperse angry crowds outside parliament, which on Thursday shelved its controversial plan to amend eligibility rules on candidates, citing absence of a quorum.

Gerindra says it has dropped President's son Kaesang Pangarep nomination from Central Java race

Various human rights groups reported that the police had used excessive force in dispersing the protests by firing water cannons and tear gas as well as launching violent attacks against unarmed participants, some of whom were underage students. 

A spokesperson for the South Jakarta District Court said the three documents were issued on Aug. 20, the day the Constitutional Court upheld the candidate age requirements to run in local elections, which effectively barred Kaesang from running in the race.

As House lawmakers moved on Thursday to throw out their proposal to revise the 2016 Regional Elections Law, which would have effectively allowed Jokowi's youngest son to contest the November polls, netizens have slammed Kaesang's wife Erina for posting online pictures showing the couple's lavish spending during their ongoing trip to the United States.

In May Jokowi signed a revision to existing mining rules to allow the country’s religious organizations, including Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah to operate mining concessions.

Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Yahya Staquf, who met with Jokowi while the protest was raging in the capital over the plan to amend the local election, said that in the initial stage, the organization would purchase at least 100 hectares of land in Nusantara where it would build a number of facilities.

The House was preparing to reverse a constitutional court ruling upholding candidate age requirements, which made President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's youngest son ineligible for upcoming regional polls.

Waves of protest erupted in multiple cities across the country on Thursday after lawmakers attempted to annul changes to election laws made earlier by the Constitutional Court, a reversal that would have favored the alliance of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his successor Prabowo Subianto.

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday said the party might support Anies Baswedan’s reelection bid for Jakarta governor if he is willing to follow the party’s lead.

Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the House building Thursday some breaching part of a fence, but few daring to cross it.

The activists, who included poet Goenawan Mohammad, anti-graft campaigner Zainal Arifin Muchtar, playwright Agus Noor, political commentator Ikrar Nusa Bakti, actor Wanda Hamidah and the widow of Muslim intellectual Nurcholish Madjid Omie Komariah, led a delegation of pro-democracy campaigners to give moral support to court justices, who are currently in a legal standoff against lawmakers at the House of Representatives who wish to annul its recent ruling.

Following are the details of the significant political developments leading up to the protests:

The plenary session to pass the changes was delayed due to a lack of a quorum, legislator Habiburokhman told reporters outside the parliament building.

A number of civil society groups and academics have urged the House of Representatives to hold off on passing the revision to the Regional Elections Law initially scheduled on Thursday, and instead abide by the Constitutional Court’s previous rulings to save the country’s democracy.

The House of Representatives postponed on Thursday the passing of a controversial revision to the Regional Elections Law that seeks to override two Constitutional Court rulings on candidate nomination requirements for the November regional elections.