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Politics

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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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

The Latest

Former United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhammad “Romy” Romahurmuziy was arrested on March 16 for allegedly accepting Rp 300 million (US$21,180) in a case of bribery centering on the promotion process at the Religious Affairs Ministry.

Politics

Court postpones pretrial hearing for Romahurmuziy

A decision to postpone Muhammad Romahurmuziy's pretrial hearing was made based on a request by the Corruption Eradication Commission.

6 years ago

Ready for distribution: An official prepares ballot boxes at the Tanah Abang district branch of the General Elections Commission (KPU) in Jakarta on Thursday. In line with a Constitution Court ruling, the KPU will increase the number of polling stations from 809,500 to 810,327.

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Parties fail to make use of coattail effect: Experts

The PDI-P's and Gerindra Party's gains slightly increased, while mid-sized parties passed the threshold despite gloomy predictions.

6 years ago

Night reader: A local poll administrator uses a smartphone to check ballots during the vote count on Wednesday at Lolu Utara, Palu, Central Sulawesi. The vote count ended after midnight.

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Election watchdog calls for review following deaths of officers

Polling station administrators had to work for days on end while fighting sleep deprivation.

6 years ago

Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo (center), who is also head of the National Agency on Border Management, takes a seat in the House of Representatives on Monday ahead of a hearing with the House Commission II overseeing home affairs. Tjahjo was there to discuss the budget allocation for border
management.

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Regent's resignation request hurts 'people's mandate': Minister Tjahjo

Minister Tjahjo says the regent sent the letter to "wrong party".

6 years ago

Mandailing Natal Regent Dahlan Hasan Nasution

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Regent resigns after Prabowo wins in Mandailing Natal

The regent was elected by about 103,000 voters in 2015.

6 years ago

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Public, political parties monitor KPU’s real count

The public and political parties have launched initiatives to monitor vote counting.

6 years ago

A boy wearing a traditional costume guards ballot boxes at a pooling center during the presidential election in Trumon, Southern Aceh province on April 17, 2019. Indonesia kicked off one of the world's biggest one-day elections, pitting president Joko Widodo against ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a race to lead the Muslim-majority nation.

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Pollsters defend quick counts, challenge critics to open data

In a first, the pollsters, who have almost accurately predicted all election results in the past, held a joint event in Jakarta.

6 years ago

Polling station attendants wear ghost costumes to welcome voters at polling station (TPS) 73 in Gunung Balong 1, Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, on April 17. Many polling stations decided to be creative and serve voters under special themes on election day.

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Polling stations in Jakarta, East Java likely to hold revotes

Administrative mistakes were cited as reasons for the revotes.

6 years ago

Thousands of supporters of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, including many volunteers, gather at Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Saturday to attend the final rally in the incumbent's re-election campaign.

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World leaders laud RI election

The 2019 election has been widely seen as a litmus test for democracy in Indonesia amid concerns about the rising influence of conservative political Islam.

6 years ago

Citizen make the right to vote in one of the polling

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Poll body assures transparency of vote tally

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has given assurances that counting for both the legislative and presidential elections was going well, as ballots from hundreds of thousands of polling stations across the country have started to arrive at their respective districts for recapitulation.

6 years ago

Boxed up: A KPU commissioner holds up a cardboard ballot box at the KPU headquarters in Jakarta on Dec. 14, 2018.

Politics

KPU says human error caused inconsistent vote recap data

People spot false data input in vote tally recap on KPU website, election organizer immediately corrects it

6 years ago

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto addresses hundreds of his supporters during mass prayers held in front of his house in South Jakarta on Friday.

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Prabowo denies having sinister plot, calls on supporters to stay calm

Prabowo addressed hundreds of his supporters on stage, accompanied by National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais, Gerindra Party deputy chairman Fadli Zon and economist Rizal Ramli. His running mate, Sandiaga Uno, and officials from his other coalition parties did not appear on stage.

6 years ago

Supporters of presidential contender Prabowo Subianto swarm Al-Azhar Mosque in South Jakarta after performing a prostration of gratitude with the candidate on Friday. Prabowo is holding mass prayers in celebration of his claimed victory in front of his house in South Jakarta.

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Prabowo holds mass prayers in celebration of claimed victory

Prabowo and his supporters will hold mass prayers to celebrate the peaceful election and his claimed victory

6 years ago

Milestone: A man prepares polling station 15 in Keraton district, Yogyakarta, on Tuesday. A red carpet has been rolled out at the station, where there is also a wood signpost emblazoned with the Javanese greeting monggo (welcome).

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Six polling station officers die of fatigue on Indonesia's election day

Social media users are using the hashtag #MartirDemokrasi (MartyrsofDemocracy) to honor their hard work in the election.

6 years ago

Clean campaign: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and his challenger in this year’s presidential election, Prabowo Subianto, walk hand-in-hand during an event in Jakarta on Sept. 23, 2018, in which they vowed to combat hoaxes and ethnic, religious, racial and ideological sentiments during the campaign period.

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Broadcasting companies must focus on real count: KPI

Speaking in a meeting with chief editors of the media outlets in Jakarta on Thursday, KPI chairman Yuliandre Darwis suggested that the companies educate the public on possible differences between the results of pollsters' quick-count surveys and the KPU's time-consuming real count.

6 years ago

Polling station working committee attendants check check ballots during the vote recapitulation process in Pondok Jaya, Cipayung, Depok, West Java, on Wednesday (17/4/2019).

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Underpaid, sleep-deprived officials work overnight to count, report ballots

Many polling station working committees (KPPS) worked through the night preparing and counting votes for the presidential and legislative elections on April 17.

6 years ago

Politics

SBY warns of escalating tension as Indonesia counts votes

Yudhoyono told his party officials to remain alert of possible conflicts during the counting process

6 years ago

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (front, left), his vice presidential candidate Maruf Amin (front, right) and coalition party leaders hold a press conference after the country's general election in Jakarta on April 17.

Politics

Jokowi: World leaders congratulate me

He said leaders from 13 countries had congratulated him and running mate Ma'ruf Amin.

6 years ago

A screen capture from a video of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (center), flanked by running mate Sandiaga Uno, declaring his victory for the second time despite the contradictory results of quick counts from 12 survey institutions.

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Prabowo declares victory, again

This time his running mate Sandiaga Uno was present next to Prabowo.

6 years ago

Former presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto holds his pet Bobby the Cat during their visit on the afternoon of April 17 to Sandiaga Uno and his wife's room in a house on Jl. Kertanegara in South Jakarta that was used by the pair's campaign team as their base camp .

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Sandiaga makes first public post after conspicuous election night absence

His public absence became a topic on Twitter, with #MisteriHilangnyaSandiagaUno (mystery of Sandiaga Uno's absence) trending since Wednesday evening with more than 14,000 tweets by late Thursday.

6 years ago

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto kneels down in a gesture of gratitude at his base camp on Jl. Kertanegara in South Jakarta after claiming to have won the April 17 presidential election.

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Prabowo camp to 'celebrate peaceful election' on Good Friday

Churches located near the Monas square hope to conduct Good Friday services without major disruption despite a planned rally by the campaign team of presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto.

6 years ago

Packs of ballots are stacked in the Pancoran Youth Sports Hall, South Jakarta, on Feb. 15.

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Marked ballots found in several areas

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has received reports regarding the discovery of marked ballots in several areas on voting day.

6 years ago

Politics

PSI: We shall return!

"We have fought as hard as we could. We will not blame anyone. Our members, PSI executives, our legislative candidates, have worked hard day and night to convince the people," PSI chairman Grace Natalie said in a statement on Wednesday.

6 years ago

This handout picture taken and released on April 16, 2019 by the Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU), Indonesia's election commission, shows workers delivering ballot boxes by boats to remote villages in Mappi, Papua province. - From sending ballot boxes by elephant in Sumatra to keeping voters safe in Papua's rebel territory, Indonesia is pulling out all the stops for one of the world's biggest one-day polls across a vast archipelago of 260 million.

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Polls postponed in areas with logistical problems

Voting in several areas has been delayed as a result of problems caused by inclement weather and other difficulties.

6 years ago

A woman casts her vote at a pooling station during the presidential election in Trumon, Southern Aceh province on April 17, 2019.

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Enthusiastic voters enliven elections, boost turnout

Tens of millions of voters turned up at polling stations on Wednesday in what observers dubbed the largest one-day election in the democratic world.

6 years ago

Count me in: An elderly woman is carried by her relative to a polling station in Malang, East Java, on Wednesday.

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Polls big success both at home, abroad

“In 2016, I had to take off my cross necklace or not reveal I was a Catholic in public for fear of intimidation. However, I did not have to do that [during this election] because I felt safe,” Aot told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday, several hours after the nationwide vote had concluded.

6 years ago

Speaking to the audience during the release of the latest survey on the elections in Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Thursday are (from left) Muslimin, director of pollster Charta Politika, Andy Budiman, head of the campaign team for the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), Syarief Hasan, deputy chairman of the Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) Masinton Pasaribu.

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Jokowi allies deliver strong performance as Gerindra moves forward

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has come out triumphant in the 2019 legislative election, with early counts from numerous polls indicating that the party of incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has secured more than 20 percent of the votes.

6 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo greets his supporters during the last campaign event at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Saturday.

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Five more years

Early vote counts show that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is set to clinch a second term, following a hard-fought seven-month battle against his challenger, Prabowo Subianto.

6 years ago