NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh said his party — a member of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s ruling coalition — may back a possible candidacy of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in the 2024 presidential race.

In another event signifying reconciliation among the political elites, ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri played host to a postelection meeting with Gerindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday.

The country’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), and non-Muslim communities played a crucial role in helping President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin win the April 17 presidential election, analysts have said.

Ahok has said he is planning to host his own talk show instead.

It is not the first time that Jokowi has espoused Javanese philosophical concepts during his presidency.

The court has decided not to continue reviewing the 58 lawsuits in the preliminary hearing. In other words, the court has rejected the lawsuits. 

From haircuts to sneakers, since his ascendancy to the national political stage, Jokowi has taken pains to present himself as being in tune with the younger "millennial" generation, but will his apparent closeness to young people translate into real policies that help them?

The ruling coalition, not Gerindra, should set the conditions for joining the government, a NasDem politician has said.

Jokowi wants to try an undercut hairstyle next week. What do you think?

The Prabowo camp’s demand may cover at least eight posts, or a quarter of Cabinet seats, including the seats of coordinating maritime affairs minister, maritime affairs and fisheries minister, energy and mineral resources minister and agriculture minister.

The elections ethics council has issued another ruling in its ongoing review of alleged ethics and electoral violations across the archipelago during the 2019 presidential and legislative elections.

Parties backing and opposing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in the recent general election may well join hands to lead the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

The Gerindra Party has decided to hold off on making a decision over whether to join the ruling coalition — at least until the party’s national working meeting in September.

A fact-finding team tasked with finding out who attacked top Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan submitted its final report on Wednesday without any strong leads.

The allocation excludes ministerial posts that will be filled by technocrats.

A prominent rights activist has suggested that both President Joko "Jokowi" Jokowi and Prabowo Subianto are on the same page in terms of human rights, noting that several issues, such as the persecution of minority groups, risk being neglected.

Some of the dismissed party members — who protested strongly against their dismissal — suspected that the dismissal was related to their support for another party figure, House Speaker Bambang Soesatyo, to run in the chairmanship race.

Baiq Nuril Maqmun, a West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) woman convicted for defaming her alleged sexual harasser, seems set to receive presidential amnesty after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo sent a letter recommending amnesty to the House of Representatives.

The vice-presidential candidate in the recent election, Sandiaga Uno, has expressed his intention to remain outside the ruling coalition of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, saying he planned to continue to assist ally Prabowo Subianto in working for the nation.

Jokowi delivers his first speech as reelected President over the weekend.  

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has met with his erstwhile opponent Prabowo Subianto, but tensions remain as supporters and allies of the Gerindra Party chairman maintain their staunchly anti-Jokowi stance.

Parties from both coalition and opposition camps have expressed appreciation for Jokowi and Prabowo's reconciliation efforts, saying that previously polarized citizens have to follow suit to unite the nation.

The PTM Student Executive Board (BEM) rejected the plan for the 2019 Brother’s Fest, an event which would allegedly feature speakers representing the banned Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) and several other religious figures known for their controversial stance against the state ideology of Pancasila. 

Jokowi and Prabowo agreed there was still a possibility for Prabowo’s Gerindra Party to join the ruling coalition.

The lunch lasted about 30 minutes and took place at a traditional Indonesian restaurant located in a mall on Jl. Sudirman.

Prabowo said he is ready to help the government.

Prabowo said Jokowi and him were friends and it was natural for them to argue and compete with each other sometimes. That, he said, was “for the sake of politics and democracy”.

Many have been worried that the polarization during the election would worsen since Prabowo had refrained from meeting Jokowi or congratulating him for his victory.

The South Jakarta District Court on Thursday sentenced political activist Ratna Sarumpaet to two years in prison for spreading false information and stirring chaos among members of the public.

Agus estimated that Rizieq would have to pay an overstay fine of Rp 110 million (US$7,099) per person.