Lawmakers passed into law on Tuesday a long-awaited privacy bill that grants citizens more control over their personal information online and seeks to spur cybersecurity improvements amid a recent string of digital attacks in the country.

The bill's passage comes after a series of data leaks and probes into alleged breaches at government firms and institutions in Indonesia, from a state insurer, telecoms company and public utility to a contact-tracing COVID-19 app that revealed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's vaccine records. 

Lawmakers and the government are pushing to quickly pass legislation to create yet another new province in Papua at the coming plenary meeting despite pushback from experts and activists.

A picture of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, posing together with leaders of three political parties that have expressed their interest in nominating him as a presidential candidate, has sparked speculation about the impending establishment of a political axis to challenge the pro-government candidate in the 2024 presidential race.

The latest public opinion poll found that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s approval rating has taken a 10 percentage-point hit, as a result of his administration’s decision to raise fuel prices.

The opposition Democratic Party leader Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono made a fresh bid to reinvigorate the party and his political fortune by growing more assertive against President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

If the presidential election were held today, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo would win, according to a variety of political surveys. But a brewing power struggle within the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), of which Ganjar is a member, has cast doubt on whether he will have a chance to run in 2024 at all.

With his five-year term as governor coming to a close next month, Anies, 53, has emerged in independent opinion polls as one of the top figures expected to contest the presidential election due in February, 2024.

Critics are lamenting a “clear lack of understanding” in the state’s latest cybersecurity measures, after a quick response team established to address a recent spate of data leaks played down the sensitivity of the information being circulated.

Bambang Wuryanto, a PDI-P executive in charge of election campaigns told reporters that there was no constitutional rule that barred Jokowi from running as vice president. "He definitely can [run], but he has to be nominated by a political party or a coalition of parties," Bambang said, as quoted by kompas.com.

Outgoing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is prepared to embark on a new political journey and answer the “call of duty” if nominated as a candidate for the 2024 elections – whether for the presidency or another term in Jakarta.

Speaking after the meeting, the chair of the Jokowi National Secretariat (Seknas Jokowi) volunteer group, Rambun Tjajo, said the President had called on his supporters to continue backing his policies until the conclusion of his term in 2024 and then to vote for a candidate who would advance his current agenda.

Experts said that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s big-tent government coalition remained untroubled despite the recent internal rift within the United Development Party (PPP) that saw chairman Suharso Monoarfa ousted from office last week, as the government had moved swiftly to recognize the party’s new acting leader.

The National Awakening Party (PKB), the country’s most popular Muslim-based party, rallied behind chairman Muhaimin Iskandar, who is set to receive a visit from ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) executive Puan Maharani this week.

The Law and Human Rights Ministry has granted parole to several high-profile graft convicts, including former public prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari, former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali and former Constitutional Court justice Patrialis Akbar.

A leadership crisis threatens to shift the United Development Party's focus away from preparing for the 2024 general elections, with the remarks of the recently deposed chairman Suharso Monoarfa angering many clerics.

Policymakers have agreed to give the President the authority to establish a data protection oversight agency, but many questions remain about the draft privacy bill, with critics believing public institutions found in violation of privacy will still enjoy impunity.  

For 11 hours, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators grilled Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan over concerns surrounding the hosting of the Jakarta Formula E electric motor race in June.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo named Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Azwar Anas the new administrative and bureaucratic reform minister on Wednesday to replace fellow-politician Tjahjo Kumolo, who died in July after holding the post since the start of Jokowi's second term in 2019.

Ahead of a meeting with its government counterparts, the House of Representatives has promised to open up the draft personal data protection (PDP) bill that it had been deliberating behind closed doors.

Under pressure to address a ballooning energy subsidy budget the President, announced on Saturday that fuel prices would be increased by about 30 percent, the first such increase since 2014. 

People rallied in the country’s biggest cities on Tuesday, demanding the government reverse its decision to raise subsidized fuel prices, which might hurt low-income households.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said he would comply with a summons issued by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in its preliminary investigation into graft allegations surrounding the Formula E electric motorsport race, one of his flagship programs that has long been a bone of contention among his political foes.

A political tour carried out by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) executive Puan Maharani in recent days is expected to change the political map ahead of the 2024 presidential election, as the nation’s largest party seeks coalition partners to extend its rule beyond the reign of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

Under pressure to control a ballooning energy subsidy budget, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Saturday announced the price of subsidised fuel would be increased by about 30 percent, after weeks of speculation of a hike. 

The government’s recent decision to raise the prices of three brands of motor fuel may increase the risk of political turbulence as the prices of other products follow suit and low-income Indonesians feel sharpened financial strain.

ProJo, a supporter group for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, named him its favorite candidate for the 2024 presidential election in a conference held on Sunday in Bandung, West Java. Having served two terms, Jokowi is constitutionally barred from running for a third time.

The government is putting pressure on the House of Representatives to expedite the domestic workers' protection bill, which has been stalled for nearly two decades.

Suciwati has alleged the state-sponsored rights body of resorting to “stalling tactics” with its decision to form yet another ad hoc team to look into her husband's murder, on the day before the case's statute of limitations expires.

A recent poll has found that more than half of respondents believed in the National Police chief in his resolve and capacity to conduct a fair and transparent investigation into Yosua's murder and the police cover-up, but the opposite was true for the institution as a whole.