Political parties behind presumptive presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto appear to have distanced themselves from a potential race to capture the House of Representatives speakership from the largest party in the legislature, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

The Golkar Party is set to hold a chairmanship race later this year, with some close allies of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo joining the race, which analysts say may decide the political future of the outgoing president after he leaves office.

Civil society organizations are urging political parties to exercise their right to an inquiry by launching a House of Representatives probe into allegations of election fraud, which have continued to gain traction less than two weeks before the General Elections Commission (KPU)  is due to announce the official winners.

Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono is working to settle land disputes in the IKN as per President Jokowi’s directive.

The country's oldest political party appears to be throwing in its lot with the outgoing President in a win-win strategy as it prepares to stake its predicted majority claim on legislative seats.

While any plan to revise the General Elections Law has yet to be formally discussed at the House, some political parties have started proposing to lower the threshold, which has been met with opposition from others who want to increase the barrier to enter the national legislature.

Once considered an important part of the KPU’s commitment to upholding transparency in the vote counting process, the Sirekap application has only courted controversy since its deployment in the Feb. 14 general election.

The NasDem Party advocates for the adjustment of the threshold to seven percent, arguing that this would improve the decision-making process at the House of Representatives.

The KPU is preparing several measures at the Constitutional Court to anticipate the possibility of disputes regarding the general election results.

The House of Representatives' Legislative Body (Baleg) will start the deliberations for the Jakarta special status bill in the coming weeks with five ministers of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration.

The House of Representatives secretary-general and some individuals from the private sector are banned from traveling overseas as the KPK needs their testimonies in a probe into an alleged graft case involving an interior design project for lawmakers’ official residences.

A presidential special staffer confirmed that Jakarta remains the capital city of Indonesia until a presidential decree declares the capital relocation to Nusantara Capital City (IKN), following claims that Jakarta had lost its status.

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is currently assessing the smart defense concept in a bid to improve Indonesia’s current defense layout and the IKN’s defense infrastructure.

The KPU is scheduled to announce the results of the Feb. 14 general election on March 20.  

The presidential candidate's camp dismisses the allegations as politically motivated amid Ganjar's push for a House of Representatives inquiry against alleged irregularities and fraud on the 2024 general election.

The absence of official instruction from Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leadership on whether and how to pursue a legislative inquiry into alleged irregularities in the February general election, coupled with hesitation among several sympathetic political parties to commit to a probe, threatens to kill the investigation before it is even launched.

“The publication of the preliminary vote count has been stopped, so the public will now only be receiving more certain information regarding the results of the general election,” KPU commissioner Idham Holik told the Post on Wednesday.

Ganjar's campaign team has hit back at Indonesia Police Watch's report to the KPK alleging the former Central Java governor and an ex-Bank Jateng director of bribery, suggesting it was politically motivated due to the IPW chair's ties to the PSI, which is led by Jokowi's youngest son Kaesang.

House of Representatives lawmakers have said a proposal to move the upcoming regional elections forward might be off the table after a Constitutional Court opinion held that the polls should remain in November.

House of Representatives members marked their return from recess on Tuesday with some factions calling for the House to open an inquiry into reports of irregularities and fraud that allegedly marred last month’s general election.

Speaking at the Mandiri Investment Forum, Prabowo said he was not satisfied with Indonesia's democracy and there was room for improvement. He did not elaborate on the problems.

Based on the presidential decree, Ma'ruf is tasked with performing the day-to-day job of the president and would hand the power back to the President once the latter returns to the capital.

Speaking at an investment forum, Prabowo, who unofficial vote counts show won the Feb. 14 presidential election by a huge margin, said Indonesia had fundamental strengths that only needed good management, but said it was crucial to create more jobs and tackle poverty.

ID Food said Indonesia would need to import 2.5 million dairy cows for the free milk program proposed by the Prabowo-Gibran team.

The poll body is scrutinizing the list of Indonesian voters in Kuala Lumpur following alleged electoral fraud that led to the annulment of the vote in the city and consequently a revote.

The Indonesian Solidarity Party’s (PSI) hopes of entering the House of Representatives remain alive as the latest vote tally shows it gaining electoral ground, while the future of United Development Party (PPP) in the legislature looks shaky as it hovers near the cut-off for representation in the legislature.

House of Representatives lawmakers must brace for a likely vote to officially investigate election irregularities when they return from recess on Tuesday.

A barrage of complaints over apparent data breaches in the 2024 voter roll and inaccuracies in a new tabulation platform has cast further doubt on the integrity of the already troubled General Elections Commission (KPU) and its ability to reliably determine the results of the 2024 election.

The seven suspects allegedly tampered with the final Kuala Lumpur voter list by illegally adding, removing or falsifying data on the list, according to the police.

Presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto has predicted that Indonesia will be able to achieve food self-sufficiency through the food estate program in the next two to three years.