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Politics 1 year ago
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PDI-P’s Andika retracts petition challenging Central Java election results
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Andika Perkasa, who lost in a two-way race for governor in the party’s home turf of Central Java two months ago, has filed a request with the Constitutional Court to retract his petition challenging the results of the election.
Politics 1 year ago
BREAKING: Court nixes threshold for presidential elections
The court has declared the presidential nomination threshold as unconstitutional in a ruling issued during its first hearing of the year, which comes after last year's decision to annul the electoral threshold for regional head elections.
Politics 2 years ago
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Social media movement ‘influential’ in driving people to rally in defense of top court
A viral symbol of mass disobedience, the "Peringatan darurat” (emergency warning), became one of the biggest factors driving thousands of students, activists, labor groups and public figures to rally in Jakarta and numerous cities last week.
Politics 2 years ago
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Musicians sound 'emergency warning' over regional race saga
Musicians throughout the country have been deploying a viral peringatan darurat (emergency warning) symbol in protest of lawmakers’ recent efforts to override Constitutional Court rulings on regional election nomination requirements, as well as to remind the public to keep policymakers in check.
Politics 2 years ago
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Thousands rally in defense of democracy
Waves of protest erupted in multiple cities across the country on Thursday after lawmakers attempted to annul changes to election laws made earlier by the Constitutional Court, a reversal that would have favored the alliance of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his successor Prabowo Subianto.
Politics 2 years ago
Pro-democracy activists rally behind Constitutional Court
The activists, who included poet Goenawan Mohammad, anti-graft campaigner Zainal Arifin Muchtar, playwright Agus Noor, political commentator Ikrar Nusa Bakti, actor Wanda Hamidah and the widow of Muslim intellectual Nurcholish Madjid Omie Komariah, led a delegation of pro-democracy campaigners to give moral support to court justices, who are currently in a legal standoff against lawmakers at the House of Representatives who wish to annul its recent ruling.
Politics 2 years ago
Civil organizations demand halt to passing of Regional Elections Law revision
A number of civil society groups and academics have urged the House of Representatives to hold off on passing the revision to the Regional Elections Law initially scheduled on Thursday, and instead abide by the Constitutional Court’s previous rulings to save the country’s democracy.
Politics 2 years ago
Protests erupt following House's attempt to overturn court rulings on Pilkada
The power struggle between the legislature and the judiciary comes amid a week of dramatic political developments in the world's third-largest democracy, and in the final stretch of the President's second term.
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