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.

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.