The presidential candidate's camp dismisses the allegations as politically motivated amid Ganjar's push for a House of Representatives inquiry against alleged irregularities and fraud on the 2024 general election.

The absence of official instruction from Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leadership on whether and how to pursue a legislative inquiry into alleged irregularities in the February general election, coupled with hesitation among several sympathetic political parties to commit to a probe, threatens to kill the investigation before it is even launched.

“The publication of the preliminary vote count has been stopped, so the public will now only be receiving more certain information regarding the results of the general election,” KPU commissioner Idham Holik told the Post on Wednesday.

Ganjar's campaign team has hit back at Indonesia Police Watch's report to the KPK alleging the former Central Java governor and an ex-Bank Jateng director of bribery, suggesting it was politically motivated due to the IPW chair's ties to the PSI, which is led by Jokowi's youngest son Kaesang.

House of Representatives lawmakers have said a proposal to move the upcoming regional elections forward might be off the table after a Constitutional Court opinion held that the polls should remain in November.

House of Representatives members marked their return from recess on Tuesday with some factions calling for the House to open an inquiry into reports of irregularities and fraud that allegedly marred last month’s general election.

Speaking at the Mandiri Investment Forum, Prabowo said he was not satisfied with Indonesia's democracy and there was room for improvement. He did not elaborate on the problems.

Based on the presidential decree, Ma'ruf is tasked with performing the day-to-day job of the president and would hand the power back to the President once the latter returns to the capital.

Speaking at an investment forum, Prabowo, who unofficial vote counts show won the Feb. 14 presidential election by a huge margin, said Indonesia had fundamental strengths that only needed good management, but said it was crucial to create more jobs and tackle poverty.

ID Food said Indonesia would need to import 2.5 million dairy cows for the free milk program proposed by the Prabowo-Gibran team.

The poll body is scrutinizing the list of Indonesian voters in Kuala Lumpur following alleged electoral fraud that led to the annulment of the vote in the city and consequently a revote.

The Indonesian Solidarity Party’s (PSI) hopes of entering the House of Representatives remain alive as the latest vote tally shows it gaining electoral ground, while the future of United Development Party (PPP) in the legislature looks shaky as it hovers near the cut-off for representation in the legislature.

House of Representatives lawmakers must brace for a likely vote to officially investigate election irregularities when they return from recess on Tuesday.

A barrage of complaints over apparent data breaches in the 2024 voter roll and inaccuracies in a new tabulation platform has cast further doubt on the integrity of the already troubled General Elections Commission (KPU) and its ability to reliably determine the results of the 2024 election.

The seven suspects allegedly tampered with the final Kuala Lumpur voter list by illegally adding, removing or falsifying data on the list, according to the police.

Presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto has predicted that Indonesia will be able to achieve food self-sufficiency through the food estate program in the next two to three years.

The camp of presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto has said outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will play a “significant” role in shaping the next administration’s cabinet and policies but insists that Prabowo will have the final say.

Calls for stronger sanctions, possibly a criminal investigation, have been raised after KPK detention workers found guilty of receiving illegal levies made a public apology, the maximum punishment that the antigraft body's supervisory council can impose.

According to the KPK prosecutors' indictment, former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo transferred money totaling Rp 40 million on three separate occasions to the NasDem Party. 

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo granted Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto the rank of honorary four-star general on Wednesday, the highest in the Indonesian Military (TNI), as civil society groups lamented the official rehabilitation of the former military man with a checkered human rights record.

The tabulation of votes for the 2024 general election started on Wednesday morning amid doubts about the reliability of election data and an ethics probe into the conduct of General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Hasyim Asy’ari and other commissioners.

Following an initial probe last year, the KPK has intensified its ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in a 2020 interior design procurement for House lawmakers' official residences, with several potential suspects lined up.

The President awarded on Wednesday the highest military rank of honorary general to the incumbent defense minister, in recognition of Prabowo's "service to the people, the nation and the country”.

Analysts are convinced that the meetings between the two political bigwigs are not just another case of silaturahmi (maintaining social ties), but an indication of a power struggle between Prabowo and the incumbent Jokowi.

Official results of the presidential election are not due until March 20, but a majority of respondents in a recent opinion survey said they trusted the preliminary vote tally on General Elections Commission’s (KPU) tabulation platform Sirekap so far, amid reports of irregularities in its data.

Neither minister provided details about the defense pact, but Prabowo said he expected it would be signed within two or three months.

Attending his first cabinet meeting as minister on Monday, Democratic Party chair Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono sat on the same side of the fence as Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko in the first public meeting between the two since Moeldoko attempted to oust Agus as leader of the Democrats in 2021.

An exchange of jabs on social media over the weekend has started early buzz over Jakarta's top post, though things could change in a big way if lawmakers decide to pass a bill that turns it into a presidential appointment.

A government led by presumptive presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto looks increasingly likely to face stiff opposition from presumptive legislative election winner the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), according to an early mapping of House of Representatives seats.

Up to 108 election workers have died and more than 14,300 others have fallen ill as of Feb. 22, which has prompted soul-searching and calls to reassess whether the country really needs to hold the presidential and legislative elections on a single day.