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Biden Warns Israel It Is ‘Losing Support’ Over War

The president’s words exposed a widening rift between his administration and that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as casualties rise in Gaza.

1 year ago
Presidential Race

2024 Election Debate: Round 1

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1 year ago
Politics

YouTubers, content creators can moderate presidential debates: KPU

The General Elections Commission chairman Hasyim Asy'ari said moderators for the presidential debates should be personalities known by the public, and that social media personalities and content creators could easily meet that criteria. ...

1 year ago

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Prabowo camp washes hands of planned May 22 protests

Most political parties that endorse Prabowo Subianto have said they won't be participating in the rallies.

6 years ago
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KPU names Jokowi winner of election

The final tally showed that the Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin pair secured 85 million votes (55.5 percent), while the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pair garnered 68 million votes (44.5 percent).

6 years ago
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Bawaslu rejects Prabowo team's report on ‘systematic’ cheating

Prabowo team claimed Jokowi's decision to raise civil service salaries shortly before the election was a "systematic" violation of campaign fairness.

6 years ago
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‘Don’t join May 22 rally’, NU and Muhammadiyah say

Security personnel and Muslim organizations are trying to prevent people from joining street protests to reject the election results.

6 years ago
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We won’t be armed with live ammo for May 22: Police

“But we are prepared for anything,” the police said.

6 years ago
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Prabowo supporters to hit streets on May 22 despite terrorism alert

Rally participants are planning to stay at the Al Furqoon Mosque in Kramat, Central Jakarta, which is only about 3 kilometers from the General Elections Commission building. 

6 years ago
Politics

Gerindra, Dems trade barbs over Anies' absence at Bogor post-election gathering

Prabowo campaign team spokesman Andre Rosiade even dubbed that the event in Bogor, West Java, which was attended by regional leaders and young public figures who mostly supported incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, was a way to campaign for the President.

6 years ago
Politics

Bribery defendant gets to become regent again. But only for 10 minutes

Sunjaya got a permit to attend his brief inauguration from the corruption court's judges.

6 years ago
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Young politicians call for calm ahead of election results announcement

Those who attended the meeting included West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, East Java Deputy Governor Emil Dardak, Banyuwangi Regent Azwar Anas and West Nusa Tenggara Governor Zulkiflimansyah.

6 years ago
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KPU to keep on counting despite errors

KPU Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan said despite the ruling and its short deadline for a follow-up, the KPU would not delay the result announcement on May 22.

6 years ago
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Political dynasties tighten grip on regions

The results of the 2019 general election show that dynastic politics remains potent in several regions, with spouses and relatives of local leaders winning legislative seats.

6 years ago
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Anies absent from regional leaders gathering

Most of the attendees were supporters of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

6 years ago
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Police arrest beheading threat video distributor

Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said the police arrested the suspect in Bekasi, West Java, on Wednesday.

6 years ago
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Puan Maharani strongest candidate for House Speaker

Ruling coalition supports Puan's potential appointment.

6 years ago
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Election dispute settlement in Constitutional Court 'useless’: Prabowo camp

Gerindra Party politician Fadli Zon claimed that some judges were bias toward certain candidates.

6 years ago
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Prabowo camp threatens to withdraw vote tally witnesses

Prabowo camp threatens to withdraw witnesses from official vote counting process after the candidate said he would reject the official presidential election results from the KPU.

6 years ago
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Police arrest ‘People Power’ rally instigator for alleged treason

The police have made their first arrest of a member of the Prabowo camp for "instigating treason" in calling for a mass rally that accused election supervisors of favoritism.

6 years ago
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Prabowo camp to reject KPU final result

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto claimed that he had won by 54 percent based on data from 54.9 percent of the polling stations.

6 years ago
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Jakarta, Papua lag behind in vote counting

As of Tuesday afternoon, the KPU had finished  counting in 17 of the 34 provinces

6 years ago
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Court rejects Romahurmuziy’s pretrial motion

Romahurmuziy's lawyers argued that their client did not cause state losses by accepting the kickbacks.

6 years ago
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NU at peak of powers after backing the right horse

Nahdlatul Ulama is set to dominate the political scene more than it ever has before.

6 years ago
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'Ojek' driver in Medan achieves mother's dream, wins seat in city council

He said he would continue to work as an ojek driver so he could listen to people's aspirations.

6 years ago
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Police arrest man in viral beheading video

The police arrested the man, identified only as HS, in Parung district of Bogor, West Java at 8 a.m. on Sunday.

6 years ago
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Man threatening to behead Jokowi in viral video reported to police

The Jakarta Police are currently looking into the case.

6 years ago
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Old age, poor health caused deaths of poll administrators: Govt

Data from the General Elections Commission (KPU) showed that most of those who died were between 50 and 70 years old.

6 years ago
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Despite 'people power' rally, PAN chief to support Indonesia election winners

The Prabowo camp held the rally, which they described as “people power”, after they reported data entry errors on Situng, the General Elections Commission (KPU) vote tally website, which they claimed to be evidence election fraud, to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu). 

6 years ago
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Video of people on rampage at KPU office goes viral

The incident took place at the Empat Lawang General Elections Commission (KPU) in South Sumatra.

6 years ago
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Police disperse crowd attempting to hold first 'people power' rally

The police dispersed Thursday a group of Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno supporters that attempted to hold a rally demanding that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin be disqualified from the presidential race.

6 years ago
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Five Indonesian provinces complete 2019 vote tally

National-level vote counting to begin Friday.

6 years ago
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‘It’s difficult to break down’: Prabowo camp reports alleged fraud based on screenshots, viral videos

The KPU reported 244 findings related to errors on its website as of May 6. Of the 244, 68 were based on public complaints while 176 were based on KPU monitoring.

6 years ago
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