As his presidency enters its final weeks, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has gone on the last leg of a tour across the country, where he will bid farewell to the people and offer apologies for any shortcomings of his decade-long administration.

The Indonesian Military (TNI) received more than 700 units of equipment, mostly armored vehicles and other land vehicles, from the Defense Ministry on Tuesday. 

The Golkar Party, the second-largest political party by representation at the House of Representatives and one of the parties behind the victory of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto in February’s presidential election, is seeking to secure more than five posts in the incoming cabinet.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership selection committee has submitted the shortlist of leaders and supervisory council member candidates to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Oct. 1, giving the President the opportunity to review the candidates' names before handing them over to the House of Representatives to be screened further.

Gerindra Party lawmaker Ahmad Muzani was unanimously elected on Wednesday as the new People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker for the next five years, strengthening president-elect Prabowo Subianto’s consolidation of power in the legislative institutions, already dominated by parties aligned with him.

Jokowi said the planned meeting was an indication of good relationships among political leaders and that it could have positive results for the country's development.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto has said he is hoping to meet with Megawati Soekarnoputri before his inauguration on Oct. 20, amid signs of thawing relations between the leaders of two parties that were on opposite sides of the February election.

Following her tumultuous tenure over the last five years, when the House was beset by accusations of pushing bills through without public participation, the newly reinstalled Speaker has vowed that this time, the legislature will be open to the people's views and feedback.

The nationalist party has expelled two members over manipulating votes in their electoral districts to win February's legislative election, automatically making them ineligible to take up their seats at the House of Representatives.

The incumbent communications minister has indicated his readiness to take up a new post, if offered one by the president-elect, as political news hums with speculation as to who might serve in the next government once Prabowo is inaugurated on Oct. 20.

The PDI-P, the largest party by representation in the House, had nominated Puan as the only candidate for speaker. The party has yet to announced its stance vis-a-vis the incoming government.

The leadership selection committee for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has offered a list of 10 candidates to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. 

Secretary of the Surakarta mayoral administration Budi Murtono said that Jokowi had filed paperwork for the change in his residency status as a prerequisite for relocating to his private residence in Banjarsari subdistrict.

The Gerindra Party has said that its patron and president-elect Prabowo Subianto is in routine contact with vice-president elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka despite the furor surrounding a hugely controversial social media account linked to the latter.

Lawmakers concluded their final day in office with a plenary meeting on Monday, marking the end of a five-year term that critics say was marred by a recurring pattern of rushed deliberations and a lack of meaningful public participation.

Judges are planning to stage what is expected to be the largest strike in the history of the courts next week to demand higher salaries and allowances, demands that are supported by the Judicial Commission and legal activists.

Prabowo Subianto is looking at loyalty, competence and integrity as standards in vetting names who will sit in his cabinet once he is inaugurated as president next month.

Romy is the son of Rahmawati Soekarnoputri, the younger sister of PDI-P chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.

Human rights organizations have denounced the disbanding of multiple public discussions and peaceful protests by “unknown” individuals over the past week, and the police’s apparent indifference to the cases has raised suspicions that the force is aiding in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s efforts to hold on to power at the cost of civil liberties. 

It’s still early in the two-way race for Central Java governor, but signs show a fierce competition may emerge between a former military chief on the ticket of the largest party in the province and a strongly backed former provincial police chief who has been running a campaign riding on the popularity of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

The children of former president Soeharto have offered an apology for his past mistakes, in a gesture made after a controversial People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) decision to remove his name from a decree on corruption, a decision that triggered concerns over attempts to absolve the authoritarian leader of past crimes.

The People's Consultative Assembly's (MPR) move to remove former president Soeharto's name from a decree on corruption eradication is criticized as an insult to human rights victims and their families' search for justice. 

Abdul Halim Iskandar's residence was investigated for alleged irregularities in the management of grant funds for community groups from East Java's provincial budget in 2019-2022.

The scandal surrounding vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka over his alleged ownership of a social media account that launched a slanderous attack against president-elect Prabowo Subianto in the past, has the potential to drive a wedge between the incoming leader and Gibran’s father, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

National politics is on tenterhooks as executives from both the PDI-P and Gerindra have hinted this week at an imminent meeting between their party chairs, while disclosing no details about a potential date.

Allowing a blank box on the ballots of all regional elections, including those with multiple candidate pairs, will allow voters to exercise political protest and create healthier competitions in regions, plaintiffs have said in the preliminary hearing for their petitions.

In 2021, the coordinating maritime affairs and investment minister reported two activists for defamation after they made comments in a YouTube video about his alleged involvement in extractive mining in Papua and called the senior minister “lord”.

Hasan was quoted by Kompas.com saying that the decision was part of a greater scheme to limit access provided to journalists by Prabowo and that the president-elect would only make official statements when necessary.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto has addressed speculation that he is planning to meet with Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri to discuss the party’s position with regard to his incoming administration, saying he hopes such a meeting will be held soon.

Nico Afinta, a two-star police general with a shady past, has been appointed as the law ministry's secretary-general, becoming the latest active police officer to be installed in a civil service post this year.