Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan recently said that a majority of Indonesians supported a longer final term for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. But politicians and experts are challenging the claim, which was made after several party leaders within the pro-government coalition pushed for the 2024 general election to be postponed.

Three days after he swore in the head of the new capital city authority, Jokowi flew to East Kalimantan where he is expected to visit the construction site for the country's new administrative center.

“There’s no more story on Masayoshi, he’s out,” according to Coordinating Minister for Investment and Maritime Affairs Luhut Panjaitan in an interview on Wednesday.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated on Thursday Bambang Susantono and Dhony Rahajoe as the head and deputy head, respectively, of the new capital city authority.

A Supreme Court hearing on Monday has ruled to cut the prison sentence for former maritime affairs and fisheries minister Edhy Prabowo.

Even though the upcoming general elections have been scheduled for Feb. 14, 2024, it is no longer certain that Indonesians will be able to vote that year with the government and the House of Representatives dragging their feet on approving the budget for the polls proposed by the election organizers.

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) last Wednesday declared its support for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s third term, marking the turnaround for the emerging party once touted to bring the political representation of Indonesian youths.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s response to recent proposals that his final term in office be extended past its constitutionally mandated end date has left a number of observers wanting more, saying his comments were not stern enough to put an end to the protracted discussion.

The President has remained silent after leaders of political parties within the ruling coalition suggested last week that the upcoming elections be postponed, raising questions about whether the proposal came from the President himself.

Separatists have waged a low-level campaign for independence in the resource-rich region for decades, saying a 1969 vote overseen by the United Nations that brought the former Dutch colony under Indonesian control was illegitimate.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo's aides have been taking the blame after he backtracked on the newly issued controversial pension fund regulation, as labor groups and politicians within his grand coalition deliver a strong backlash.

Golkar, PKB and PAN want ruling coalition parties to discuss proposal to extend President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's term.

The organizing of nationwide regional elections in 2024 has set off a debate in the world’s third-most-populous democracy over how best to fill hundreds of the soon-to-be-vacated seats.

For the first time since the pandemic hit the country some two years ago, the President was seen enjoying the fresh air while riding a customized motorcycle during a working visit to North Sumatra earlier this month.

Ganjar said in a discussion with the media on Thursday night that he took full responsibility for the fallout from the violence that "may have occurred" during the survey for a dam project in Wadas village, Purworejo Regency, Central Java.

The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced on Thursday senior Golkar Party politician and former House of Representatives deputy speaker Azis Syamsuddin to three-and-a-half-years in prison for bribing a lawyer and a then-investigator to evade an investigation into a graft case in Central Lampung.

The House of Representatives has confirmed 12 new commissioners for the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), amid reports of behind-closed-doors lobbying that prompted scrutiny from election watchdogs.

“Let the General Election Commission do its job," said one former commissioner.

"It's official: Indonesia orders 42 Rafales", Defence Minister Florence Parly said in a Tweet during a visit to the Southeast Asian country.

"We agreed on the purchase of 42 Rafale. The contract signed today is for the first six, which will be followed by 36 others," said Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.

More politically wired figures are under scrutiny over close ties to the government, leading critics to believe that the capital relocation plan could be a plot to benefit the pro-government oligarchy.

Indonesian military (TNI) chief Gen. Andika Perkasa has offered a new softer approach to resolving the long-standing conflict in the country’s easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua.

The three strategic agreements Indonesia signed with Singapore last week have faced growing criticism and scrutiny among lawmakers, prompting questions about whether the government will secure enough support to get the bundle of deals ratified by the House of Representatives.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil recently paid visits to several places outside Java and met with prominent members of political parties in what many have called a “political safari”.

As Indonesia moved one step closer to relocating the nation's capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan with the recent enactment of the State Capital Law, speculation on who President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will pick to be responsible for governing the new capital has emerged.

Indonesia is expected to hold the Group of 20 summit in October in a slightly changed format, with more emphasis on bringing in prominent figures to speak at the high-profile event.

The country will vote for its next president on Feb. 14, 2024, the government has announced, after the executive, lawmakers and election organizers came to a long-awaited consensus on the polling date.

A string of high-profile corruption cases currently being handled by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) appears to have taken the spotlight off the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), calling into question the focus of the commission, which was famous in the past for its handling of major graft cases.

At least 20,000 people from 21 indigenous groups live in the area designated for the construction of the new capital with laws enabling the move from Jakarta not providing enough protection for the communities' land rights, according to the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN).

Jokowi said the agency would strengthen the world's "health resilience" and help make the global health system more inclusive and more responsive to crises.