Amien's new party would accommodate groups that were critical of the government, said PAN cofounder and former party executive board member Agung Mozin.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s coalition may be under strain as criticism of the government’s COVID-19 policies mounts.

While the House of Representatives has claimed it focused on regulations related to the COVID-19 outbreak in the recently concluded legislative session, activists have criticized lawmakers for passing contentious bills instead of prioritizing disaster management.

The House of Representatives has passed an executive order that will expand the government's authority to allocate emergency coronavirus spending despite mounting public pressure to drop the regulation due to concerns of budget misappropriation and embezzlement.

PAN co-founder Putra Jaya Husin hinted that the resignation of Hanafi Rais, son of party patron Amien Rais, might lead to the establishment of a new political party.  

Dian Ediana Rae will serve as PPATK chairman for the remainder of his predecessor's term, slated to end in 2021.

While the Perppu stipulates a postponement for this year's regional elections to December, it also opens the possibility of delaying the elections to a later date if the COVID-19 outbreak is not contained by then.

Several lawmakers of the House of Representatives and a pro-domestic farmer group have voiced their opposition to the domestic food supply provisions in the disputed omnibus bill on job creation, arguing that it could weaken domestic farmers’ production and favor importers.

Perppu has sparked fears that it could lead to budget misappropriation and embezzlement if passed.

Those who supported Sandiaga and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto in last year’s presidential election took to Twitter to criticize Sandiaga’s choice to help a group of Jokowi supporters distribute COVID-19 aid. The hashtag #GoodbyeSandiagaUno trended on Twitter on Monday.

A coalition of civil organizations and a confederation of labor unions has filed a lawsuit in the latest effort to halt the deliberation of the highly contentious omnibus bill on job creation.

At least two candidates who are expected to run in the upcoming simultaneous regional elections in Central Java have expressed thoughts about stepping back from the race if the voting day remains set at Dec. 9, arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic may not be over by then.

The 2001 Anticorruption Law stipulates that those found to have committed corruption or self-enrichment offenses that cause state losses during a national disaster may be sentenced to death

The posts, published on Jokowi's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts on Monday morning, were edited a few minutes later.

Lawmakers who ended their terms in October were nearly finished deliberating the bill but public outcry and massive street protests halted the process.

The Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry has clarified a statement made by presidential expert staff member Gracia Billy Mambrasar, who claimed that 21 young Papuan entrepreneurs under his company had secured Rp 1.44 billion (US$92,286) from the ministry’s revolving loan management agency.

With his resignation, Andi has become the second millennial among Jokowi's special staff to leave the State Palace after being hit by controversy.

Adamas Belva Syah Devara has stepped down from his position as an expert staffer for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo following a controversy surrounding his company’s appointment to help carry out the government's pre-employment card program.

Previously, Jokowi had merely advised the public to skip the annual tradition, which involves millions of people traveling to their hometowns – often from urban centers to the countryside.

The deliberations on the controversial omnibus bill on job creation will begin with noncontroversial topics, namely provisions on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) empowerment, following opposition from labor groups.

Rieke Diah Pitaloka of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said during the hearing that the main substance of the bill should be to improve the ease of doing business in Indonesia and attract investment.

The voting day of the 2020 simultaneous regional elections, which will be held simultaneously in the country's 270 regions, was initially scheduled to take place on Sept. 23.

Human rights activists have take the police's claims with a pinch of salt.

According to the draft bill, MK justices can hold their position until they the age of 70, 10 years longer than the maximum age for justices set in the existing 2011 Constitutional Court Law.

Lawmakers will have to wait a little longer for cash to buy new cars for personal use as the plan has been postponed following public outcry.

Workers and other members of the public sent thousands of texts to members of the House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) following a closed-door meeting held by lawmakers to discuss the bill on Tuesday.

The meeting was not scheduled on the House’s Tuesday agenda.

Jakarta has so far recorded 1,232 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 99 fatalities.

“I want to say that we have never talked about graft prisoners in our meetings,” the President said during a limited meeting on Monday.

Activists from the National Alliance for the Reform of the KUHP said the government and the House should not use the pandemic as an opportunity to discuss the problematic bills.