President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s efforts to bring the country’s biggest party into his government ahead of his inauguration on Sunday appear increasingly fraught, with outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo casting a long shadow over the selection process in the last days of his presidency.

Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) politicians Raja Juli Antoni, Isyana Bagus Oka and Giring Ganesha were among the figures summoned by president-elect Prabowo Subianto ahead of the unveiling of his incoming cabinet.

The House of Representatives confirmed retired Army general M. Herindra, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s sole nominee for National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief, in a hearing held behind closed doors on Wednesday, only days before Jokowi leaves office.

The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) will host two rehearsals this week for the inauguration of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto as Indonesia’s eighth president, slated to be held on Oct. 20.

The orientation program kicked off on Wednesday after Prabowo interviewed more than 100 figures, ranging from social media influencers to incumbent cabinet ministers, as part of the vetting process in the formation of the new cabinet.

Non-active Supreme Court justice Gazalba Saleh was sentenced to ten years in prison after the same bench acquitted him of all charges in May, which was later annulled by the Jakarta High Court.

Outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has made a mark on the incoming cabinet lineup of his successor Prabowo Subianto, as a number of his current ministers made it onto the president-elect’s potential cabinet roster.

When Joko “Jokowi” Widodo entered politics in 2004, he was hailed as a beacon of hope and a democratic reformer, an outsider promising to fix a political system dominated by family dynasties and military elites.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto invited scores of politicians, many of whom helped him win the election, and figures from the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to his house in Jakarta on Monday afternoon for what his close aide says was a finalization of the cabinet lineup.

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, then 27, had spent much of his life outside the limelight and "didn't agree with his father's decision to enter politics," said Andi Widjajanto, a former top adviser to Jokowi. Gibran only showed up after his paternal grandmother twisted his arm. 

The party’s deputy chairman, Saan Mustafa, said on Monday that it had made no attempt to have its members appointed to positions in Prabowo's incoming administration and that it would not participate in the president-elect's efforts to form a cabinet.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his successor Prabowo Subianto visited the National Police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters in Depok, West Java, on Monday to survey preparations for the Oct. 20 presidential inauguration ceremony, in an apparent show of unity ahead of the power transition.

Sahbirin Noor has filed a pretrial motion challenging the KPK's procedure in naming him as a bribery suspect in a graft case related to an infrastructure tender in the province, while the antigraft body has slapped a travel ban on the South Kalimantan governor, deeming him as a potential flight risk.

Incoming president Prabowo Subianto is considering offering current finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati a cabinet minister post in his administration, two sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters.

Speaking to reporters in Bogor, West Java on Sunday, Ma'ruf also said that he was proud with the government's achievement in the past five years, hoping that it could be the foundation for the work of president-elect Prabowo Subianto.

With just one week left in office, outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited his hometown of Surakarta, Central Java over the weekend, where he made his debut in politics nearly two decades ago.

North Sumatra’s more than 10 million voters will select their new governor in November, choosing between the province’s former governor Edy Rahmayadi and strongly backed Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, the son-in-law of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

Indonesian diplomacy under Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has done much to expand the country’s influence on the global stage, analysts have said, even though President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has focused more on domestic affairs during his decade in power.

The House of Representatives secretariat general has decided to stop directly providing housing for the body’s 580 incoming lawmakers and will offer them a monthly accommodation allowance instead.

Detainees at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention center had to pay up to Rp 20 million a month or were forced to spend time in solitary confinement, according to court testimony from former prisoners.

The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is inviting losing candidates in the 2024 presidential election to the ceremony to show Indonesia as "a united and harmonious nation", MPR Speaker and Gerindra Party secretary-general Ahmad Muzani has said.

As judges continued their five-day nationwide strike until Friday, the president-elect vowed to "pay attention" to judicial welfare, including salaries, once he assumed the presidency later this month.

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf has predicted that half of the ministers in president-elect Prabowo Subianto's cabinet will be members of the Muslim organization.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named South Kalimantan Governor Sahbirin Noor a suspect in a bribery case pertaining to several infrastructure projects handled by the province’s public works and spatial planning agency.

The outgoing and incoming presidents discussed a variety of matters over dinner on Tuesday night at a Jakarta restaurant, with Jokowi posting a series of photos of the private meeting to his Instagram account.

The inauguration of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto as Indonesia’s eighth president will be attended by a slew of heads of state, his team has said, adding that invitations will be sent to dozens of global leaders while the 72-year-old former Army general prepares to take the nation’s highest office in less than two weeks. 

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) under the chairmanship of Anindya Bakrie has announced its roster of deputy chairs, which include Raffi Ahmad and Prabowo Subianto's brother Hashim Djojohadikusumo.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the only party that has yet to join the incoming administration of Prabowo Subianto, has signaled support for his plan to form a cabinet that features ministers who are experts in their respective fields.

New ministries created by the incoming administration of president-elect Prabowo Subianto may need three years before they can work effectively after being established, senior advisor at the Indonesian Laboratory 2045 (Lab45) research institute Andi Widjajanto said on Tuesday.

The PDI-P and Gerindra Party have similar political paradigms, as both are nationalist parties, said PDI-P politician Andi Widjajanto.