With his current position on the force, the police have broken several laws that stipulate those about to become KPK leaders should be stripped of any active roles outside the commission to maintain their independence.

Ratna was released after serving 15 months of a 24-month prison sentence.

Despite the fact that some Christians in the country had to celebrate their holy day without being allowed in their own churches, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has claimed that this year’s Christmas celebrations were “the best in the last few decades”.

Among the many developments of the past 12 months, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s steady consolidation of power may prove to be one of the most consequential.

Megawati Soekarnoputri, who served as the country’s fifth president – and the first female one – said it should be possible for a female general to be appointed commander of the Indonesian Military (TNI).

The North Sumatra Police have stopped an investigation into a oil palm plantation land conversion case involving the younger brother of North Sumatra Deputy Governor Musa Rajekshah.

Supporters of Deputy Mayor Achmad Purnomo are demanding the PDI-P's central board grant him the nomination.

“Now is the time for Indonesian women to demand that the state fulfill women’s rights.”

Jokowi hoped the members’ wealth of experience and expertise would serve them well in their new position.

“I keep the money in the bag and I thought I would return it [to Haris] when the time is right,” Romahurmuziy said.

The clashes have sparked fear among residents of the predominantly Christian region with the conflicts breaking out just one week prior to Christmas day.

While the President remains tight-lipped about the chosen members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory board, several names have been making the rounds as potential board members. Aside from two judges with impeccable track records, Artidjo Alkostar and Albertina Ho, most candidates are figures with strong political ties.

The KPK has named former Supreme Court secretary Nurhadi Abdurachman and two other people suspects of bribery in connection with three cases handled at the country’s highest court.

The Democratic Party is set to elect Agus Yudhoyono as its new chairman in an upcoming congress, a move that is apparently aimed at boosting his leadership credentials before the next election.

Experts see the lineup as yet another consolidatory move made by Jokowi, like the way he formed his second-term Cabinet and special staff.

Observers said PDI-P would find it awkward to turn down the President’s son. On the other hand, approving Gibran may stir a few feathers at the party’s Surakarta office.  

As his eldest son and son-in-law push ahead with their plans to run in mayoral races, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asserted that the decision of his family members to enter politics has nothing to do with establishing a political dynasty under his name. 

Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finally appeared and spoken about the political and economic situation, the first time since President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's second-term Cabinet inauguration.

Young politicians hoping to compete in the 2020 and 2022 regional elections will not have the opportunity to do so as the Constitutional Court rejected on Wednesday a petition challenging age requirements in the 2016 law on regional elections.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that former corruption convicts may run in regional elections five years after their release from prison.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution has denied that he is becoming part of a political dynasty by running for mayor in Medan, North Sumatra.

While Indonesia’s budding democracy has faced a number of problems over the past year, there are still many reasons to be optimistic about the country’s democratic trajectory, observers have said.

Rian Ernest, a rising politician and former staffer for Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, announced his candidacy for the Batam mayoral election in 2020.  

The President said Idham informed him that the team had discovered something that pointed toward a conclusion. 

New authority would grant agency power to open investigations. 

The voter turnout in the last batch of regional elections in 2018 reached 73 percent, higher than the turnout during the 2014 and 2009 presidential elections, CSIS researcher Arya Fernandes says.

When asked why he did not attend the KPK event, Jokowi said he was merely “delegating”

Despite massive student protests over controversial articles in a proposed amendment of the Criminal Code, the government and the House of Representatives have agreed to include the draft in the National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) for next year.

The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has addressed President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's disapproval of a plan to amend the Constitution, saying that he should not be so “emotional”.

Listyo is expected to continue the investigation into the unsolved acid attack on senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan.