A street parade planned by Jokowi's supporters and the regular car-free day event on Sunday have been canceled.    

The Indonesian Constitution grants the MPR the authority to inaugurate and remove the president and vice president.

The NasDem politician, who conceded that he had received a phone call from the President, is rumored to replace Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya, who is also from NasDem.

Former Jakarta deputy governor and unsuccessful vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno says he is returning to Gerindra Party to help it grow and reap as much support as possible in the 2020 regional elections and the 2024 simultaneous legislative and presidential elections.

“The majority of people want the President to issue a Perppu to halt the KPK Law. The President should not be afraid because we are behind him,” he said.

Activist Suciwati has urges President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to bring to a just closure the case surrounding the murder of her husband, human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, 15 years ago.

Blitar regency politics a family affair as husband, two wives and son win various important posts.

One voter said he voted for Arteria Dahlan because his name came in a "package" offered by a campaign team.

By default, the revised law takes effect 30 days after being passed by the House of Representatives as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has yet to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to revoke the bill, which many observers have warned will weaken the antigraft body.

There are concerns that the current plan to amend the Constitution will abolish reforms that have been made earlier.

Political parties should not become so friendly as to create “an oligarchy”, Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto said after meeting Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto on Tuesday.

Both Prabowo and Surya denied they had discussed the possibility of Gerindra joining the coalition but said they had found “common ground.” “We have known each other and been friends for a long time,” Prabowo told reporters after the meeting. “Sometimes we are different, sometimes we oppose [each other], but we are both united in our love of the country.”

NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh is scheduled to meet Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto on Sunday night at the former’s residence in South Jakarta.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo brought the horse-trading over seats in his next Cabinet into his own office over the past two days as he signaled his openness to allow erstwhile opposition leaders into his coalition during his second and final term in office.

Jokowi said he still wanted more professionals in the Cabinet, or at least half of his Cabinet,  but he is open to the possibility of recruiting professionals that are also members of political parties.

Speaking after Jokowi, Prabowo expressed his party’s readiness to contribute to assisting Jokowi’s administration.

In addition to making Agus a deputy chairman, the party also appeared to endorse Agus as one of its most qualified cadres should President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo agree to include the Dems in his ruling coalition.

Puan asserted that she would wait for feedback from the parties before deciding on the distribution of posts.

Formappi noticed that elections had yet to show any sign of reward or punishment for lawmakers. Researcher Lucius Karus pointed out that the House’s poor performance in the previous term did not deter voters from reelecting the same politicians in this year’s election.

The Papuan treason suspects' lawyers said the transfer of their clients was done secretively.

According to the survey, support for the protests was largely driven by the fact 70.9 percent of respondents who were aware of the KPK Law revision believed it would weaken the antigraft body.

Following its failure to secure control over the People’s Representatives Assembly (MPR), the Gerindra Party has returned to bargaining for posts in the next Cabinet of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

They argue that issuing a Perppu is a constitutional right of the President and therefore cannot be used as a pretext to impeach him.

Critics say that Puan's rise to be the first female House of Representatives speaker is not a breakthrough for feminism but instead is part of the oligarchy.

Changing one aspect of the 1945 Constitution, he said, would open a Pandora's Box as it could lead to changes to other aspects and therefore could open space for political parties to once again seize control of the center of power.

The former House of Representatives speaker has been elected by acclamation as the new People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker for the 2019-2024 legislative term.

The study, conducted by independent local pollster KedaiKOPI, revealed that today’s youth, or those aged 19 to 38 – the demographic segment that helped propel President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to victory in April’s presidential election – are also those who staged the biggest student rallies in the Reform Era to protest government policies.

As Jokowi prepares to be sworn in for a second five-year term later this month, he’s facing an early test of his authority with plans to overhaul the nation’s criminal code spawning violent protests. The wide-ranging legislation, which among other things would infringe on gay rights, limit free speech and punish sex out of marriage, is seen by critics as a threat to Indonesia’s democracy and foreign investment.

La Nyalla Mahmud Matalitti, the newly elected DPD speaker, has previously been implicated in graft cases and led the PSSI during its conflict with the government that resulted in the body being suspended by FIFA. He has also admitted to falsely accusing President Joko Widodo of being a communist.

Bambang Soesatyo of the Golkar Party and Ahmad Muzani of the Gerindra Party are the two candidates vying for the MPR speaker post in a race that may shape the power constellation of the legislature and the upcoming Cabinet of President Jokowi.