A Constitutional Court ruling on Tuesday lowered the nomination threshold for candidates in the November regional elections, reviving hopes of former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan running for reelection.

Bahlil Lahadalia, a close aide of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has won an uncontested race for the Golkar Party chairmanship after other potential challengers failed to gain the required support from regional branches, an outcome analysts say creates an opportunity for the outgoing President to join the party’s ranks.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to bestow the nation's honors and awards on mostly politicians and cabinet ministers has raised questions over the achievements of the awardees as well as political motivation behind the awarding by the outgoing leader. 

In response to a petition filed by two small political parties, the Labor Party and Gelora Party, the court ruled that the 20 percent threshold of legislative seats in the regional council or 25 percent of the popular vote would not be applicable in the November regional head election.

The vice president-elect joined the event midway through, as political party leaders were delivering speeches endorsing Ridwan's gubernatorial candidacy.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has brought more loyalists into his cabinet and has replaced ministers he perceives as disloyal, a move analysts say aims to smooth the transition to the administration of president-elect Prabowo Subianto.

A large 10-party alliance led by Prabowo's KIM has rallied behind Golkar's Ridwan Kamil, potentially bringing an end to Anies's hopes of being reelected Jakarta governor.

Yasonna claimed that he had a private meeting with President Jokowi on Sunday night on the eve of Monday's fresh cabinet reshuffle.

Jokowi will hand over the reins in October, departing with sky-high approval ratings over an economic track record that delivered consistent growth coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two months before leaving office in October, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo replaced on Monday two ministers connected to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

The General Elections Commission (KPU) Jakarta office is under fire following reports that the identities of the city’s voters were used without their consent to support the only independent candidate pair eligible to run in the November gubernatorial race.

At the annual People’s Consultative Assembly plenary session on Friday, House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani lamented the declining state of democracy in Indonesia in what appeared to be a jab at outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto has promised to continue the legacy of his predecessor President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo by hosting the Independence Day celebration next year in Nusantara.

Coordinator of President Jokowi's special aides Ari Dwipayana said in a press statement published on Saturday that the claim made by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary general Hasto Kristiyanto alleging that the President marshaled law enforcers to do his bidding was false and unsubstantiated.

The local election agency has set up seven posts across Jakarta to manage complaints from residents on the unauthorized use of their identity by independent pair Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana in fulfilling the candidacy requirements.

Many Jakarta residents have been shocked to find their names were used without their consent to support candidate pair Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana, who are running as independents in the upcoming gubernatorial race.

Saturday's ceremony was the first time for the annual national Independence Day ceremony to be held in two places simultaneously. 

People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Bambang Soesatyo suggests the creation of a cyber force as the fourth branch of the Indonesian Military (TNI).

In his final State of the Nation Address as the country's president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo boasted of the achievements in his 10-year presidency, including the construction of transportation infrastructure and swift economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

Puan, an Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician, warns against the declining state of Indonesian democracy due to individuals acting more like politicians, who only think about the election, and less like statesmen who work for the nation's future.

In his speech, delivered in the annual People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting at the Senayan legislative complex in South Jakarta, Jokowi acknowledged that he and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin accepted responsibility for any mistakes that their administration had made.

The Nasdem party, which accounts for about 10 percent of the House, announced late on Thursday that it would support the incoming administration of Prabowo. 

Speaking alongside Prabowo after the meeting, Surya said this was not the moment for Anies to contest the November gubernatorial election and that he could always make the effort in the future.

The President arrived at the Senayan legislative complex in South Jakarta at 9 a.m. on Friday. He appeared to be wearing a black beskap (traditional tuxedo) with a chained ornament in his pocket, a black songkok (traditional male hat) and songket (woven fabric) wrapped around his waist.

The House invited several prominent politicians for Friday's address, including former presidents and vice presidents, cabinet ministers and political party leaders.

During the meeting, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo asked Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) executives for the latest updates on the Islamic group's feud with the National Awakening Party (PKB), but did not give any advice or express his position in the conflict, as claimed by NU chair Yahya Cholil Staquf.

NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh has given his strongest signal yet that his party is now considering calling off its early support for the reelection bid of popular former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan and instead exploring the possibility of endorsing his already heavily favored potential rival: Ridwan Kamil.

Observers have speculated that she was referring to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who is currently at the center of a controversy regarding the sudden resignation of Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto.

An administrative court has ruled in partial favor of a petition filed by former Constitutional Court chief justice Anwar Usman regarding his demotion from the court’s top role, a decision that critics say sets a troubling precedent and could disrupt the functioning of the court.

Jokowi remains coy about the possibility of another cabinet shuffle before he steps down in October as rumors swirl around which ministers could be on their way out and who might replace them, though the President's Office has dismissed the notion of a shake-up, at least for the next two days.