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.

Speaking during a gathering for National Press Day, President Jokowi, who will wrap up his second and final term on Oct. 20 this year, said he respected media freedom even when some of the harsh tone and criticism had taken a personal toll on him.

The call comes despite comments by independent observers that there were no signs of systematic fraud in the world's biggest single-day election, apart from matters such as outdated electoral rolls or polling delays. 

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promoted on Wednesday one of his loyalists, Hadi Tjahjanto, to a senior post in the cabinet and also welcomed Democratic Party leader Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono as the newest member of his outgoing administration.

Once he takes office in October, former Army general Prabowo Subianto may set his own agenda rather than completely following in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's footsteps, although the politician still needs to compromise with his predecessor, analysts have said.

“Wait and see tomorrow at 10 a.m.,” the President told journalists on Tuesday, without elaborating and while skirting questions about who would get replaced in the cabinet shake-up.

The government has reported that 83 poll workers died during and after last week’s general election, an improvement from the hundreds of deaths recorded in the 2019 election, but a figure that officials have vowed to bring down further in future elections.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) says the delay in updating the 2024 general elections vote count on Sirekap is for the sake of data synchronization and accuracy.

The Constitutional Court is set to send a team of lawyers to present its defense on Wednesday against a challenge by its disgraced former chief justice at an administrative court, although a constitutional law expert says that the administrative judiciary has no authority over the matter.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Monday that he would play the role of “bridge builder” in a post-election reconciliation effort that analysts say is an attempt to maintain a leading role in politics for the remainder of his term and beyond.

A PDI-P legislative candidate has called on the KPU to provide a clear explanation for why vote counting had been suspended at the district level, alleging an attempt at vote rigging to ensure an advantage for a rival party to make gains in the House.

Following widespread criticisms alleging the President's meddling in the 2024 general election, Jokowi said he was simply acting as "a bridge" in post-election coalition talks.

Despite the poor results of its presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo, preliminary counts have shown that the PDI-P is on track to win the national legislative election.  

The camps of the two candidate pairs who, by the quick count figures, appear to have lost last week's presidential election are preparing to challenge the results at the Constitutional Court with allegations of large-scale electoral fraud.

A closer look at the data suggests that Prabowo has managed upset victories in the Bali-Nusa Tenggara and Central Java-Yogyakarta electoral regions, previously strongholds of Ganjar and the PDI-P.

At least 23 poll workers died during and after the Feb. 14 general election, reportedly of exhaustion, despite efforts by the General Elections Commission (KPU) to prevent a repetition of 2019’s hundreds of election worker deaths.

The KPK supervisory council has imposed a severe ethical punishment for the guilty employees: making a public apology that will be broadcast by the antigraft body.

One day after Prabowo claimed victory in Wednesday’s presidential election, PDI-P secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto hinted at the readiness of the party to go into opposition after being the largest party in the ruling coalition for the past 10 years.

Prabowo and Gibran did not gain any votes from a polling station (TPS) in Atti Village in South Papua despite leading the real count in the province.

The health minister announced on Friday that 27 local poll administrators (KPPS) had died over the course of the election, with the causes of death including heart attacks and accidents.

The Elections Supervisory Agency has received thousands of reports of election fraud that occurred on the Feb. 14 voting day, ranging from intimidation of poll workers and voters to double voting and glitches of the official vote tallying platform.

Milki village in Keerom regency, Papua, is scheduled to hold supplementary voting on Friday after the voting materials arrived at the village on Thursday afternoon.

Voters reportedly received two ballot papers for the presidential election. 

The PDI-P is gearing up for strategic discussions with the campaign team of Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar to address alleged irregularities during the election.

Prabowo reinvented himself and strengthened his political base in the election, but It was his alliance with former rival Jokowi that played a key role in his ability to clinch the presidency, analysts say.

Spokesperson for Prabowo's campaign team Budisatrio Djiwandono said in a statement that Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala, were among world leaders congratulating him on the expected election victory based on the unofficial "quick count' results.

The official result is not expected until late March but early indications all point to the 72-year-old ex-general being anointed successor to popular outgoing leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

President Jokowi told reporters that he had congratulated presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka during a meeting on the night of the Feb. 14, as the pair was leading in various preliminary vote counts.

Local administrations and health centers have been working to prepare special facilities for legislative candidates who are likely to suffer from stress and mental breakdowns after defeat in the Feb. 14 election.

At least 668 polling stations in several parts of the country will hold voting in the coming days after floods and logistical problems hindered voters from casting their ballots on Wednesday, forcing election organizers to delay polling.