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Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto was released early from prison after receiving parole on Independence Day, sparking furor among the public and antigraft activists.
1 hour agoRather than attending the Independence Day celebration at the Merdeka Palace on Aug. 17, former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri opted to attend a ceremony held by party members in its headquarters in Jakarta. ...
2 hours agoThe recent Constitutional Court ruling that upholds direct regional head elections has been met with divisive reactions from political parties in the House of Representatives, with those pushing for an indirect election giving no assurance that they would drop their campaign. ...
2 hours agoThe Elections Supervisory Agency has received thousands of reports of election fraud that occurred on the Feb. 14 voting day, ranging from intimidation of poll workers and voters to double voting and glitches of the official vote tallying platform.
1 year agoMilki village in Keerom regency, Papua, is scheduled to hold supplementary voting on Friday after the voting materials arrived at the village on Thursday afternoon.
1 year agoVoters reportedly received two ballot papers for the presidential election.
1 year agoThe PDI-P is gearing up for strategic discussions with the campaign team of Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar to address alleged irregularities during the election.
1 year agoPrabowo reinvented himself and strengthened his political base in the election, but It was his alliance with former rival Jokowi that played a key role in his ability to clinch the presidency, analysts say.
1 year agoSpokesperson for Prabowo's campaign team Budisatrio Djiwandono said in a statement that Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala, were among world leaders congratulating him on the expected election victory based on the unofficial "quick count' results.
1 year agoThe official result is not expected until late March but early indications all point to the 72-year-old ex-general being anointed successor to popular outgoing leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
1 year agoPresident Jokowi told reporters that he had congratulated presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka during a meeting on the night of the Feb. 14, as the pair was leading in various preliminary vote counts.
1 year agoLocal administrations and health centers have been working to prepare special facilities for legislative candidates who are likely to suffer from stress and mental breakdowns after defeat in the Feb. 14 election.
1 year agoAt least 668 polling stations in several parts of the country will hold voting in the coming days after floods and logistical problems hindered voters from casting their ballots on Wednesday, forcing election organizers to delay polling.
1 year agoThe websites contain election information and data, including updates on polling station locations and the vote tally.
1 year agoComedian Komeng leads KPU’s preliminary real count for the West Java constituency of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD).
1 year agoA Bawaslu commissioner said on Wednesday that the agency had discovered 1,200 violations during the 2024 general election, but expected the remainder of the process to be free of any breaches.
1 year ago"I have, in person last night," Jokowi told reporters when asked if he had congratulated Prabowo and his running mate.
1 year agoBawaslu says a revote for postal and mobile ballot voting methods in Kuala Lumpur had been recommended by the regional supervisory committee, urging the public’s continued vigilance toward the voting count process.
1 year agoAddressing a sea of jubilant fans, the 72-year-old waxed lyrical about being carried in the arms of the nation's founder Sukarno, and offered gags about massaging former leader Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and lunching with Soeharto, the country's second president.
1 year agoHe spoke after rival Prabowo Subianto declared victory in the wake of quick counts of votes from a sample of polling stations that showed the defence minister was on track to winning the presidency in a single round.
1 year agoThree time's the charm as Prabowo declares victory on Wednesday by thanking his key supporters in his “Indonesian Onward Coalition” grand alliance.
1 year agoVoting day saw voters brave floods to cast their votes in several regions, while others were greeted by Valentine's Day-theme decorations during the world's largest single-day election.
1 year agoThe Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is set to come out on top in the 2024 legislative election, according to several preliminary counts, as it seeks to continue its 10 years of political dominance.
1 year agoSelf-styled youth party the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) won more votes in its race for seats in the House of Representatives than it did in its electoral debut in 2019, according to preliminary results from several pollsters on Wednesday.
1 year agoPolitical veteran Prabowo, a former special forces commander, trounced his rivals, winning about 58 percent of votes according to four pollsters, based on "quick count" ballots at samples of voting stations nationwide. The number of votes tallied ranged from about 86 percent to 95 percent as of 1400 GMT.
1 year agoBawaslu vows to take action if the allegations are proven to be true.
1 year agoQuick counts showed the presidential front-runner leading with more than 58 percent of the vote.
1 year agoMany voters who do not live in the locations as stated on their identity cards have expressed frustration at not being allowed to vote at polling stations during the election.
1 year agoIndonesian students travel long distances to volunteer at polling stations in China for the 2024 general election.
1 year agoJokowi parted ways with the PDI-P, his main backer during his two terms in office, after the party announced Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo as its presidential candidate.
1 year agoNearly 259,000 candidates are contesting 20,600 posts across the country in the world's biggest single-day election, but all eyes are on the presidency and the fate of Jokowi's ambitious agenda after a decade in charge of one of Asia's biggest and fastest-growing major economies.
1 year agoSome 200 million Indonesians are expected to head to the polls across the nation today to decide who they want to succeed President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo: Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto or Ganjar Pranowo.
1 year agoThe group also filed a report against the film's director, well-known investigative journalist Dandhy Laksono.
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