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.

The power struggle between the legislature and the judiciary comes amid a week of dramatic political developments in the world's third-largest democracy, and in the final stretch of the President's second term.

As of 10 p.m. Wednesday night, the screen grab of the national emblem against a blue background with the words "Peringatan Darurat" (emergency warning) has been shared more than 231,000 times on social media platform X.

At Golkar congress, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and new party chairman Bahlil Lahadalia woo Gerindra for future relationship under the new administration of president-elect Prabowo Subianto. 

His remarks come during a rare power struggle between Indonesia's parliament and the judiciary, with legislators allied with Jokowi and President-elect Prabowo Subianto seeking to roll back a court decision on Tuesday that could allow one of their biggest critics to run for the high-profile post of Jakarta governor. 

Lawmakers have finished a rush revision to the Regional Elections Law in an effort to override two Constitutional Court rulings on candidate nomination requirements for the November regional head elections, a move activists say seeks to subvert the court’s efforts to ensure more competitive polls.

“I’m telling you, don’t try to play around with this thing. It’s terrifying,” Bahlil said.

Election watchdogs have questioned President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to significantly raise bonuses for General Elections Commission (KPU) officials, fearing it will lead to conflicts of interest in November’s simultaneous regional elections.

Bahlil Lahadalia, the newly appointed energy minister and the president's right-hand man, was chosen as party leader at the annual congress of Golkar, the party of the late autocrat President Suharto, who ruled Indonesia for three decades until 1998. 

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators on Tuesday grilled Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto as a witness in its investigation into an alleged corruption case at the Transportation Ministry's railways directorate general (DJKA).

Bahlil Lahadalia, who was elected Golkar chair in an uncontested race on Wednesday, made a cryptic reference to a "Javanese king" in his preelection speech, warning the party's executives not to "play around" with the unidentified figure or else suffer the consequences.

The House of Representatives legislation body (Baleg) is in the spotlight for rushing to revise the regional head elections law, reportedly in an attempt to circumvent new rules for candidate nomination the Constitutional Court introduced on Tuesday, three months before the polls.

Secretary-general of the Independent Election Monitoring Committee (KIPP), Kaka Suminta, said that although KPU officials deserved a pay raise considering their heavy workloads, the president should have increased their bonuses after all of the regional election processes were over.

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.