The government says the ITE Law, which has been lambasted as stifling free speech, will not be revised, but guidelines will be issued on its enforcement.

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has asked the central government and security forces to review their decision as it might lead to prejudice against Papuans living outside the province.

As the IIQ marked its 44th anniversary, the Vice President urged the institute's current and former students to use their Quranic knowledge to help develop the nation.

People in Sabu Raijua, East Nusa Tenggara, will have to revote for a regent after the Constitutional Court has annulled the victory of regent-elect Orient Riwu Kore, who holds a US passport.

“This is what we call a mayor who acts like a president,” an Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) representative said.

Lawmakers are attempting to fast-track the deliberation of a data protection bill despite differences with the government on the establishment of a supervisory body to handle violations.

The government has rejected the Moeldoko camp's claim to the Democrat chairmanship on an administrative technicality, which doesn’t bode well for the Presidential Chief of Staff’s political standing.

South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah allegedly gave infrastructure projects in the region to his campaign supporters during the 2018 election.

Law experts and observers are looking askance at the Indonesian legislature as it announces its 33 priority bills for the year, most of which are holdovers from last year, notwithstanding the legislature’s poor performance that lawmakers blamed on "the pandemic".

The focus of the meeting on Tuesday will be on whether the two countries can make progress toward an agreement on a pact enabling Japan to export domestically-produced defense equipment to the Southeast Asian nation, officials said.

Millions of voters in 272 provinces, regencies and cities will not be able to elect regional leaders in 2022 and 2023 after the House of Representatives rejected proposed legal changes.

Jakarta-based Indikator Politik Indonesia polled 1,200 eligible voters aged 17 to 21 across the country to capture their opinions on social-political issues and found that they were dissatisfied with the current state of the country’s economy and democracy.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), a member of the ruling coalition, might have some leverage to determine the endgame of the power struggle within the Democratic Party.

The controversy on presidential term limits has resurfaced after accusations that there are constitutional maneuvers to enable President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to serve for his third term.

Some regional leaders named as potential candidates for the 2024 presidential election may find their odds narrowing as the House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) has decided that a revision of the Election Law is not urgent.

The Democratic Party's leadership dispute seems headed for the long haul, with observers suggesting that past precedents point to the internal dispute eventually ending up at court.

The appointment suggests that party members have long been unhappy with the leadership of Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, who had inherited the position from his father, party founder and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Disputed extraordinary congress in North Sumatra declares Moeldoko as the new party leader.

Emboldened by the recent turmoil in their party, senior Democratic Party members are pushing for an end to the Yudhoyono political dynasty.

The National Police have been instructed to exercise discretion and take a restorative justice approach in handling cases put forward using a sweeping online censorship law.

President Jokowi has proven to have relatively stable approval ratings despite a slew of controversial policies taken by his administration since the beginning of the global health crisis, a feat that analysts say could be attributed to the persistent political polarization, the absence of strong and effective opposition and the media failure to challenge the government’s narratives on the pandemic situation in the country. 

The government appeared to have second thoughts about revising the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo called last week for a revision that could end criminalization of online speech.

The House of Representatives is set to amend the controversial Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law this year.

The proposed revision has been included in the House’s 2021 priority legislation program, but several political factions have retracted their support for the plan, reportedly following a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

A man with Indonesian and US citizenships gathered support from three political parties and won a regental election in the Indonesian province.

The furor over the dictionary entry for the Indonesian word meaning "woman" has emerged as a #MeToo moment against the country's primary language reference book and language agency.

“The DPC members were urged [to vote for an extraordinary congress] in exchange for a significant amount of money,” Agus said.

Accusations that public figures such as Natalius Pigay and Ambroncius Nababan have used racial slurs or defamatory statements on social media are challenged.

The current election law was only enacted three years ago—but Indonesian political elites are already debating the possibility of revising it again. 

Corruption Perceptions Index shows setbacks in economic and investment sectors as well as politics and democracy.