The House of Representatives and the government have rescinded the appointment of the vice president as Jakarta Agglomeration Council chair, authorizing the president to make the decisions.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has confirmed presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto’s upset win in key battleground provinces in Java, as organizers raced to conclude the 2024 election vote tally by the March 20 deadline.

A draft government regulation which potentially allows active military and police officers to occupy civilian posts in the government institutions is problematic for betraying the democratic and Reform spirit, according to human rights watchdogs.

President Jokowi's youngest son Kaesang Pangarep is rumored to be considered running in either the Jakarta gubernatorial or Surakarta mayoral elections, while some parties are interested in endorsing his wife to run in the upcoming Sleman regency election.

The government has called on lawmakers to allow Jakartans to elect their own governor once the city loses its national capital status as the House of Representatives kickstarted the deliberation of the Jakarta special designation bill on Wednesday.

Claiming to have found evidence that last month’s election was rigged, the rival camps of presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto are completing preparations to challenge the results at the Constitutional Court, which will open for disputes next week.

Basuki said that the official residences of government ministers would be smaller compared to the sprawling houses now occupied by incumbent members of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s cabinet in Widya Candra, Kuningan, South Jakarta.

Unofficial results show Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, who had incumbent President Joko Widodo's tacit backing, won the Feb. 14 poll with nearly 60 percent of votes. The General Election Commission (KPU) is expected to announce the official winner by March 20.

An intimate photo of the presumptive president-elect having dinner at home with his ex-wife and their son is making a splash on social media.

Political parties behind presumptive presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto appear to have distanced themselves from a potential race to capture the House of Representatives speakership from the largest party in the legislature, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

The Golkar Party is set to hold a chairmanship race later this year, with some close allies of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo joining the race, which analysts say may decide the political future of the outgoing president after he leaves office.

Civil society organizations are urging political parties to exercise their right to an inquiry by launching a House of Representatives probe into allegations of election fraud, which have continued to gain traction less than two weeks before the General Elections Commission (KPU)  is due to announce the official winners.

Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono is working to settle land disputes in the IKN as per President Jokowi’s directive.

The country's oldest political party appears to be throwing in its lot with the outgoing President in a win-win strategy as it prepares to stake its predicted majority claim on legislative seats.

While any plan to revise the General Elections Law has yet to be formally discussed at the House, some political parties have started proposing to lower the threshold, which has been met with opposition from others who want to increase the barrier to enter the national legislature.

Once considered an important part of the KPU’s commitment to upholding transparency in the vote counting process, the Sirekap application has only courted controversy since its deployment in the Feb. 14 general election.

The NasDem Party advocates for the adjustment of the threshold to seven percent, arguing that this would improve the decision-making process at the House of Representatives.

The KPU is preparing several measures at the Constitutional Court to anticipate the possibility of disputes regarding the general election results.

The House of Representatives' Legislative Body (Baleg) will start the deliberations for the Jakarta special status bill in the coming weeks with five ministers of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration.

The House of Representatives secretary-general and some individuals from the private sector are banned from traveling overseas as the KPK needs their testimonies in a probe into an alleged graft case involving an interior design project for lawmakers’ official residences.

A presidential special staffer confirmed that Jakarta remains the capital city of Indonesia until a presidential decree declares the capital relocation to Nusantara Capital City (IKN), following claims that Jakarta had lost its status.

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is currently assessing the smart defense concept in a bid to improve Indonesia’s current defense layout and the IKN’s defense infrastructure.

The KPU is scheduled to announce the results of the Feb. 14 general election on March 20.  

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.