Among all potential candidates for the 2024 race, Prabowo is currently the strongest contender, given his party chairmanship, his close ties with the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and his lead in the polls.

Hutomo “Tommy” Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, has lost control of the Berkarya Party, the political party that he established in 2016.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will not appeal a Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling that annuls his approval to the dismissal of General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Evi Novida Ginting Malik.

Gerindra secretary-general Ahmad Muzani has said that the party is set to reappoint Prabowo Subianto as its chairman in the upcoming extraordinary congress, which is to be held at Prabowo's residence in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java, on Saturday.

The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Democratic Party formed a coalition to nominate candidate pairs running for regional head posts in 28 of the 270 regions in the country that will participate in the elections, which are to be held simultaneously on Dec. 9.

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) and the Gerindra Party have officially declared support for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, to run in the upcoming Surakarta mayoral election in Central Java.

The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is at loggerheads with its political partner in the government coalition, the Golkar Party, following concerns that the omnibus bill on job creation will further expand the powers of the presidency.

The recent issuance of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) 82/2020, which gives Erick a new job as the executive director of the government’s COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Committee, is an indication of the high degree of trust shown by the President in the former businessman, political analysts have said.

“This shows that ministries and government institutions still do not have a sense of urgency. Officials are still fixated on their day-to-day duties.” Jokowi said.

The House of Representatives has barely solved half of the problems listed for the draft law. 

With the race to the White House picking up speed, Indonesia must decide on how to best anticipate two possible scenarios: preparing for a change in US leadership or bracing for more of the same.

Djoko Tjandra was arrested and brought back to Indonesia following a cooperation between Indonesia and Malaysia to capture the graft fugitive who was on the run for 11 years.

Acting mayor of Medan Akhyar Nasution has joined the Democrats after the ruling party refused to nominate him as it leaned toward supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Nasution instead.

Most Indonesians disagree with the government’s decision to hold the 2020 simultaneous regional elections on Dec. 9, as uncertainty remains over when the COVID-19 pandemic will end, two recent surveys have found.

The Jember Regional Legislative Council in East Java has voted to impeach, for the first time in the regency’s 91-year history, a sitting regent.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) will ask candidates in the upcoming simultaneous regional elections in December to refrain from hosting campaign rallies in person and instead bring them online, as the government presses ahead with polling under the shadow of the pandemic.

A survey has revealed that 16.2 percent of 1,200 polled respondents from across the country said they would vote for Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo if the election was held today, while 13.5 percent said they would vote for Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto.

The former TV presenter and legislator is running for deputy mayor alongside the incumbent administrative secretary with the blessings of Gerindra and the PDI-P.

Those who have reached top positions in the party are mostly party veterans who have climbed their way up the career ladder within the decades-old political party.

The National Police chief, the attorney general and the head of the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) signed on Monday a new joint regulation on the Integrated Law Enforcement Center (Sentra Gakkumdu) to supervise the 2020 regional elections in December.

The panel of judges declared both men guilty of violating Article 353 of the Criminal Code on persecution causing serious injury or death, which carries a maximum sentence of nine years in prison upon conviction.

The House left the bill out of its list of initiatives during the plenary session on Thursday.

Surakarta Mayor FX Hadi "Rudy" Rudyatmo, who confirmed news about the pairing, said Gibran and Teguh's nomination would be officially announced by the PDI-P through an online meeting Friday afternoon.

The government submitted its newly proposed bill on the Agency for Pancasila Ideology Education (BPIP) to the House of Representatives on Thursday as both parties sought to end the controversies surrounding the much-criticized Pancasila Ideology Guidelines (HIP) bill.

Akhyar, who leads the North Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), is set to square off against President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s son-in-law, Bobby Afif Nasution.

A social media analysis found that the voices of women in support of the sexual violence eradication bill had grown louder.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has issued a regulation on the 2020 regional polls, stipulating health protocols for the simultaneous elections in at least 204 regions across Indonesia that are set to hold elections in December.

Rieke has been replaced by M. Nurdin, a retired three-star police general.

Fear of the return of communism has polarized infighting within the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), sources have said, following widespread criticism of the ruling party for its proposed Pancasila ideology guidelines (HIP) bill.

Gerindra Party deputy chairman Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said that neither the party nor Sara had received the letter but confirmed that the party was planning to nominate Sara to run in the 2020 South Tangerang race.