"The Cabinet responded to the warning quickly,” Pratikno said on Monday. “If there’s good progress, why should there be a reshuffle?”

House of Representatives factions are divided over the issue of the presidential nomination threshold as they deliberate a revision of the Elections Law.

So-called “buzzers” – semi-anonymous online trolls – have tried to stir up a red scare over a Pancasila bill.

The House of Representatives, the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) and the government have agreed to keep the criminal code, correctional center and Pancasila ideology guidelines bills in the 2020 Prolegnas.

In a hearing on Thursday, the Baleg, the government and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) agreed to remove 16 of the 50 bills on the list, including the RUU PKS, citing scheduling difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) has decided on Wednesday to initiate a bill on domestic workers’ protection after more than a decade of back-and-forth deliberation.

Election watchdog the Association of Elections and Democracy (Perludem) is challenging a provision on the legislative threshold at the Constitutional Court, asserting that the provision was made without clear and transparent scientific grounds and, therefore, undermines democracy.

Elements both within and outside President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s government coalition are in defensive mode following his recent threat to reshuffle the Cabinet.

In a video of a closed-door Cabinet meeting on June 18, published by the Presidential Secretariat on Monday, Jokowi threatened to reshuffle his ministers for their slow outbreak response.

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko said on Monday that prior to delivering the speech on June 18, in which he threatened to replace ministers who failed to deliver results in the COVID-19 fight and disband government agencies, President Jokowi had issued frequent warnings to Cabinet members whom he considered were not doing enough in dealing with the pandemic and its economic impacts.

The sentence was lighter than the prosecutors’ demand of 10 years, a Rp 500 million fine and Rp 19.1 billion in restitution. 

"There must be innovations that can be seen by the people and that have a real impact on controlling the spread of the disease," Jokowi said

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has called on the General Elections Commission (KPU) to conduct voting simulation prior to the simultaneous regional elections on Dec. 9.

In a video uploaded to the Presidential Secretariat’s official YouTube channel on Sunday, apparently taken during a Cabinet meeting on June 18, the President lambasted ministers for taking the COVID-19 situation too lightly.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) have warned about potential vote buying in the upcoming simultaneous regional elections, which the government insists on holding on Dec. 9 despite the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic.

COVID-19 restrictions have resulted in the rise of virtual meetings, which have been embraced by lawmakers and officials despite the medium’s novelties and frustrations.

Members of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) from across the country have reported to the police in their respective regions an incident in which the party’s flag was burned during a rally on Wednesday.

House of Representatives lawmakers argue the current state budget for disaster mitigation is too small, resulting in fundamental budget reallocations whenever disasters occur.

The House of Representatives and the government have agreed to a set of health measures devised by the General Elections Commission (KPU) for the Dec. 9 simultaneous regional elections, but worries remain about virus fears depressing voter turnout.

The plaintiffs have submitted a new petition to challenge the newly issued law. 

The House of Representatives has approved a set of health measures devised by the General Elections Commission (KPU) for holding the Dec. 9 regional elections to protect election organizers and voters from the spread of COVID-19.

Former Democratic Party treasurer and graft convict Nazaruddin was released from Sukamiskin Penitentiary in Bandung, West Java, on June 14 after receiving two months' parole.

Currently, state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma is producing around 50,000 test kits per week.

On Monday, the country's trend of appointing tech CEOs to government positions continued with the appointment of Fajrin Rasyid, cofounder and CEO of e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak, as a director of state-owned telecommunication firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom).

Deliberations of controversial revisions to the Criminal Code and the 1995 Corrections Law were postponed last September following massive student protests in Jakarta and other regions.

Muslim organizations, including Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, along with the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) have led the campaign to stop the House from deliberating the HIP bill, which they fear could lead to the reemergence of communism in the country.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) is under pressure to procure all necessary health equipment and apply strict health protocols for the 2020 simultaneous regional elections, which the government has insisted on holding despite the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic.

Gerindra party politician Rahayu “Sara” Saraswati has secured support from the party’s executive board to run in the upcoming South Tangerang regional elections, pending official endorsement from her uncle, party chairman Prabowo Subianto.

A member of the House of Representatives, Willy Aditya of the NasDem Party, has said the Education and Culture Ministry's decision to collaborate with Netflix is unethical.

The minister announced earlier this month that Indonesia would prevent haj departures to Saudi Arabia this year, a decision that affected hundreds of thousands of would-be pilgrims in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.