An alliance of civil groups attending Tuesday's forum interrupted the event in protest. They chanted “dissemination is not participation” before being escorted out of the room.

The House of Representatives Speaker, PDI-P politician and daughter of party matron Megawati Soekarnoputri has embarked on her "political safari", with a visit to the NasDem chair the first stop on her itinerary.

Lawmakers criticize a senior minister for being too open about the investigation surrounding the murder of a police officer, while a security analyst mulls the likely involvement of "dirty politicians".

Public faith in the National Police is believed to have hit a historic low, as the cover-up scandal in the murder of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat allegedly at the hands of Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo widens into allegations of elite factionalism within the force and institutional complicity in the shadowy underworld of illegal gambling.

Lawmakers are set to decide whether and how to hold public consultations on controversial revisions to the Criminal Code as they return from recess on Thursday.

In his annual State of the Nation address on Tuesday, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo underlined the country’s achievement in tackling the health crisis and inflation amid the Russo-Ukraine war and the pandemic, while stressing the need for Indonesia to carry on with its domestic agenda.

Indonesia’s sense of nationalism, despite having managed to keep a diverse range of peoples, cultures and beliefs together in a singular ark for nearly 80 years, remains largely superficial and full of paradoxes, according to analysts drawn from academia, civil society and the private sector.

Indonesia has come a long way from being an “imagined political community”, as per the famous Benedict Anderson edict, but local professionals and researchers alike are growing increasingly worried that nationalism has turned toxic.

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has officially announced his intent to run for president in 2024, as his Gerindra Party forges an alliance with the Islam-based National Awakening Party (PKB), setting the stage for his third bid for the country’s highest office after two consecutive losses to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

The former general has finally conceded to his party's wishes and declared his 2024 presidential bid as Gerindra's sole candidate.

The National Police’s embattled former chief of internal affairs, Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, was allegedly in an “angry and emotional” state that led him to orchestrate the murder, the police said on Thursday.

At least a three-horse race is shaping up as the nation’s political parties sign up for the 2024 race, marking the official start of a busy election season ahead.

A PDI-P executive has said that its central board chair and House Speaker, Puan Maharani, will embark on a series of cross-party talks after the party's Independence Day celebrations.

The United Indonesia Coalition (KIB), one of the first political party alliances to be formed ahead of the 2024 general election, says it is committed to sticking together until the election while keeping open the option of nominating a popular political outsider as a presidential candidate.

BPK deputy chairman Agus Djoko Pramono said on Tuesday the key provision that needed amending in the current law was one that would allow the agency to get direct access to funding from the state budget.

Gerindra Party leader Prabowo Subianto is looking increasingly likely to contest the 2024 presidential election as his party works to seal a coalition deal with the National Awakening Party (PKB), the nation’s largest Muslim-based party.

A group of civil-society organizations is considering a legal challenge against the Home Ministry over the controversial appointment of interim-regional leaders.

With the early stages of the 2024 general elections underway, the creation of three new provinces in Papua still left plenty of legal holes to fill as policymakers have only until mid-October to decide how the elections will be run in the new provinces.

Former sports and youth minister Roy Suryo's arrest, which included the seizure of his Twitter account and mobile phone, was aimed at preventing him from removing any evidence, said police spokesperson Endra Zulpan.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed his administration to open more discussions with the public over the controversial plan to revise the Criminal Code, a senior Cabinet member said.

The government has decided to maintain the least-stringent public activity restrictions (PPKM) nationwide for another few weeks despite concerns about the spike in COVID-19 infections in several parts of the country.

The nation's political parties rushed to sign up for the 2024 general elections on Monday, marking the official start of election season, although it remains unclear if authorities have enough funds disbursed from state coffers to organize the early stages of the elections.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested the head of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (HIPMI) and a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Mardani H Maming for allegedly taking bribes from a coal-business tycoon in a mining-permit-transfer deal.

The government's proposed revisions to the contentious Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law will not be enough to stop undue state infringements on the right to free speech, a study by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has found.

Victims and relatives of people who suffered in the 1996 Kudatuli riots in Jakarta appealed for the ruling party to stop exploiting them for political gain.

Only days before the political parties' registration for the 2024 general election opens, the government has yet to disburse all the necessary election funds to election organizers, prompting concerns that the electoral process would therefore be hindered.

Gerindra Party chairman and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is set to decide next month whether he will run again in the 2024 presidential election that will set the stage for his fourth presidential bid.

The National Police have started a formal investigation into an alleged premeditated murder of officer Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat, also known as Brig. J, after finding enough evidence to support the accusation filed by his family.

As major technology companies fall in line with state licensing policies that grant the government sweeping cyber-surveillance powers, critics have raised concerns that such firms will find it easier to simply self-censor content and provide ready access to user data than to risk tangling with regulators in an opaque legal system.

The government plans to issue notices to 100 top DSPs that their services will be blocked in the country if they do not register within five working days.