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.

The camp of presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto has said outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will play a “significant” role in shaping the next administration’s cabinet and policies but insists that Prabowo will have the final say.

Calls for stronger sanctions, possibly a criminal investigation, have been raised after KPK detention workers found guilty of receiving illegal levies made a public apology, the maximum punishment that the antigraft body's supervisory council can impose.

According to the KPK prosecutors' indictment, former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo transferred money totaling Rp 40 million on three separate occasions to the NasDem Party. 

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo granted Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto the rank of honorary four-star general on Wednesday, the highest in the Indonesian Military (TNI), as civil society groups lamented the official rehabilitation of the former military man with a checkered human rights record.

The tabulation of votes for the 2024 general election started on Wednesday morning amid doubts about the reliability of election data and an ethics probe into the conduct of General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Hasyim Asy’ari and other commissioners.

Following an initial probe last year, the KPK has intensified its ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in a 2020 interior design procurement for House lawmakers' official residences, with several potential suspects lined up.

The President awarded on Wednesday the highest military rank of honorary general to the incumbent defense minister, in recognition of Prabowo's "service to the people, the nation and the country”.

Analysts are convinced that the meetings between the two political bigwigs are not just another case of silaturahmi (maintaining social ties), but an indication of a power struggle between Prabowo and the incumbent Jokowi.

Official results of the presidential election are not due until March 20, but a majority of respondents in a recent opinion survey said they trusted the preliminary vote tally on General Elections Commission’s (KPU) tabulation platform Sirekap so far, amid reports of irregularities in its data.

Neither minister provided details about the defense pact, but Prabowo said he expected it would be signed within two or three months.

Attending his first cabinet meeting as minister on Monday, Democratic Party chair Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono sat on the same side of the fence as Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko in the first public meeting between the two since Moeldoko attempted to oust Agus as leader of the Democrats in 2021.

An exchange of jabs on social media over the weekend has started early buzz over Jakarta's top post, though things could change in a big way if lawmakers decide to pass a bill that turns it into a presidential appointment.

A government led by presumptive presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto looks increasingly likely to face stiff opposition from presumptive legislative election winner the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), according to an early mapping of House of Representatives seats.

Up to 108 election workers have died and more than 14,300 others have fallen ill as of Feb. 22, which has prompted soul-searching and calls to reassess whether the country really needs to hold the presidential and legislative elections on a single day.

Amnesty International Indonesia recorded a gradual increase in incidences targeting vocal critics of potential fraud and the President's perceived meddling that it says have tainted the 2024 general election on Feb. 14.

Tasked by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo with maintaining political and security stability after the 2024 elections, the new Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Hadi Tjahjanto held a meeting with the country's largest Muslim organization on his first working day on the job.

Economist Drajad Wibowo of the Prabowo-Gibran Rakabuming Raka campaign team told Kompas daily on Thursday that with his vast experience in dealing with multiple economic challenges in the past 10 years, outgoing President Jokowi could help select the most credible candidates especially for the economic team.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has insisted on continuing with its vote tabulating platform despite strong resistance against its perceived shortcomings, which losing camps in the presidential race say are to blame for making the vote-tallying process prone to fraud.

Some voters say celebrity candidates eclipse other, more qualified candidates on the ballot.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) and local polling committees have until Feb. 24, or 10 days after the Feb. 14 voting day, to wrap up delayed voting and revoting in thousands of polling stations across the country. 

Speaking after a meeting with Golkar Chairman Airlangga Hartarto on Thursday, Luhut said that under the latter's leadership, the party managed to achieve a feat that would improve the party's standing in national politics.

Former KPU commissioner Hadar Nafis Gumay warns of possible election fraud following multiple issues with the Sirekap vote-counting app. He urges transparent audits and public clarification.

Bawaslu issues a recommendation for 780 polling stations in 38 provinces to hold a revote following reports of discrepancies in the voter roll.

Analysts have suggested that Jokowi’s cabinet shake-up is part of an effort to consolidate power in his final year in office, particularly given concerns about cracks having formed in the cabinet before the election.

Democratic Party chair Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono finally ended his nearly 10-year journey in the political wilderness on Wednesday when he became the new agrarian and spatial planning minister in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s outgoing administration.

Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo has suggested that his backers, including his own Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the largest party in the legislature, launch a House of Representatives inquiry into what he has described as “large-scale election fraud”.

The PDI-P, which backed the Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD presidential candidate pair, called for a thorough investigation of the KPU's Sirekap platform amid rampant allegations of electoral fraud during the vote counting for the 2024 general election.

When vote counting started a few hours after the polls closed on Feb. 14, local poll administrators (KPPS) and members of the public voiced complaints on social media about irregularities in vote count data on Sirekap, which is accessible through the KPU’s official website.

Deputy secretary general of the Democratic Party Ossy Dermawan said that although the elder Yudhoyono did not join Agus’ swearing in ceremony as the new agrarian and spatial planning minister and head of the National Land Agency (BPN), he had given his full support for Agus to assume the position.