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

Jokowi emphasizes diversity, confidence in final rally

Jokowi thanked all of his supporters during his last rally.

6 years ago
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo delivers a speech during his last and largest campaign rally at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Saturday.
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Prabowo narrows gap, but Jokowi still in lead: Final polls

The latest polls before the presidential election show Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto catching up to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, but the former Jakarta governor remains in a commanding lead.

6 years ago
Inspection: General Elections Commission (KPU) official Hasyim Asy’ari (right), Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) official Ratna Dewi Pettalolo (center) and Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) official Yusron B. Ambary (left) inspect a warehouse filled with ballots for next week’s elections at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Politics

Malaysia voting as scheduled despite vote-rigging investigation

A team of election officials has yet to make a conclusion about the case.

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.
Politics

Carnival, concerts entertain crowd at Jokowi's largest rally in Jakarta

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo drew the curtain on his reelection campaign with a final rally at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBK) in Jakarta on Saturday, in the largest political event prior to voting next week.

6 years ago
Inspection: General Elections Commission (KPU) official Hasyim Asy’ari (right), Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) official Ratna Dewi Pettalolo (center) and Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) official Yusron B Ambary (left) inspect a warehouse filled with ballots for next week’s elections at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
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KPU, Bawaslu investigate alleged rigging in Selangor

“How could they easily enter the place and open the bags? And where is the CCTV?” Hasyim said.

6 years ago
Presidential candidates Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin, General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman (center) and presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno are on stage during the first candidate debate on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019.
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Candidates set for final face-off

Political surveys have shown that Jokowi still leads the presidential race by double-digit margins, while the number of swing or undecided voters has shrunk to single-digit figures.

6 years ago
This handout picture taken on October 10, 2018 and released by the Mikhail Gorbachev Dom Campaign team shows Mikhail Gorbachev Dom, who is vying for a seat in the Indonesian parliament, one of more than 245,000 candidates contesting the Southeast Asian nation's biggest-ever polls on April 17, 2019. The former environmental researcher was born in 1986, just as his Nobel Prize-winning namesake was embarking on reforms that brought about the end of communism.
Politics

'Mikhail Gorbachev' running for office in Indonesia polls

The 32-year-old -- full name Mikhail Gorbachev Dom -- is vying for a seat in parliament, one of more than 245,000 candidates contesting the Southeast Asian nation's biggest-ever polls on April 17.

6 years ago
So many choices: Residents study lists of candidates running in the elections on display at the General Elections Commission office in Malang, East Java, on Tuesday. Sixteen political parties are standing in the April 17 elections.
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Local election offices reject hoards of late voters

People who wished to vote outside of their registered electoral district flocked to local election commission offices. 

6 years ago
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (center), the eldest son of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is greeted by Democratic Party supporters during his visit to West Aceh regency, Aceh, on March 5.
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Democratic Party: Post-Soeharto behemoth awaits big break

A storm has engulfed the party since Yudhoyono was still serving his second term as the country’s president

6 years ago
An official readies ballot boxes on Thursday at the Tanah Abang branch of the General Elections Commission (KPU) in Jakarta.
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Vote buying still widespread in Indonesia despite ineffectiveness

Political scientists and observers take a look at vote buying, which remains prevalent in Indonesia despite low returns.

6 years ago
Volunteers from the Bogor election committee in West Java show ballots to a resident at a traditional market on Sunday. Voters will cast five different votes on April 19, when the country heads to the polls for the simultaneous legislative and presidential elections.
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Ballots confusing, say elderly voters

Vulnerable groups such as the disabled, the elderly and illiterate people might need more time to cast their vote so that they would be familiar with the voting process.

6 years ago
Religious harmony: Muslims from Genting Cepogo village in Boyolali, East Java, carry food past a church for the Sadranan ceremony, which is traditionally held ahead of the fasting month of Ramadhan.
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Interfaith forum calls for peace, fraternity during election

“Religions exist so that humans can build civilization. We will be degrading our dignity as humans if we let ourselves get carried away by conflicts based on different choices or perceptions in the election,” Ahmad Syafi’i Ma’arif said.

6 years ago
General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman (left) casts a ballot during a mock voting day at the KPU compound in Jakarta on Tuesday. The simulation was held to familiarize voters with the voting process, slated for April 17.
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Calls for postponement of voting in Malaysia amid vote-rigging allegations

A video shows people finding pre-marked ballots in favor of certain candidates in Selangor, Malaysia.

6 years ago
Workers load boxes containing election materials onto a truck at a warehouse belonging to the Jember General Elections Commission in East Java on Tuesday.
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Election preparations nearly complete

The election commission has intensified briefings on the ground.

6 years ago
“During the hearing, we found no reason to acquit the defendants. Both have to take responsibility for their treasonous acts,” said prosecutor Ricardo.
Politics

Prosecutor demands 10 years for Polish national accused of treasonous activities in Papua

“We will demand the same sentence for Simon Magal, who was arrested in Timika on Sept. 1 last year. His charges are also treason-related,” prosecutor Latifah Anum Siregar told The Jakarta Post.

6 years ago
Empty bottles: Two boys salvage plastic bottles from the polluted Citarum River in Bojongsoang, Bandung regency on Feb. 19. The World Bank declared the Citarum River the most polluted river in the world a decade ago, a description widely picked up by media and environmentalists.
Politics

Walhi endorses 'environment-friendly' legislative candidates

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has released the names of 131 “environment-friendly” legislative candidates that the group is endorsing in the upcoming elections. 

6 years ago
Samples of five-colored ballot papers are being displayed at the General Elections Commission's office. JP/Dhoni Setiawan
Politics

Video shows alleged vote-rigging in Malaysia

Election authorities are still assessing the video in question.

6 years ago
Residents study lists of candidates running in the upcoming elections on display at the General Elections Commission (KPU) office in Malang, East Java, on Tuesday. Sixteen political parties are standing in the April 17 elections.
Politics

KawalPemilu invites campaign teams to use platform to safeguard vote count

The website KawalPemilu.org has officially invited the campaign teams of incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto to use its platform to monitor the vote counting process on election day.

6 years ago
Election officials count votes at a polling station in Mamberamo Raya, Papua.
Politics

Districts in Jayawijaya to use 'noken' voting system

The General Elections Commission has ordered that the regency's capital, Wamena, should not use the noken system, but the other 39 districts are allowed to

6 years ago
The pointer marks Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo Island.
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Jokowi has solid footing, but tide changing in Kalimantan

The conservative 212 movement, which created a string of sectarian rallies to prosecute former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, sent ripples across Kalimantan, which is seeing a change in its political landscape

6 years ago
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, son of Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and head of the party’s joint election command (Kogasma)
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Dems reiterate support for Prabowo amid persistent doubts

The Democratic Party’s commitment to the Prabowo cause had been in doubt ever since it, apparently reluctantly, joined the coalition of parties supporting the Prabowo-Sandiaga ticket last August.

6 years ago
General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman casts a ballot during a mock voting day at the KPU compound in Jakarta on Tuesday. Several public figures went to the KPU building on Wednesday to show support following threats of mobilizing people power should there be proof of fraud during the upcoming election.
Politics

Public figures hearten KPU following 'people power' threat

Several public figures went to the General Elections Commission (KPU) building in Central Jakarta to encourage them following threats made by the Prabowo Subianto camp suggesting that they would take to the streets and mobilize ‘people power’ should they find proof of fraud in the upcoming general election.

6 years ago
A printing company employee checks the color quality of ballot papers for April’s presidential election in Jakarta on Sunday. The General Elections Commission (KPU) says some 939.9 million ballots will be printed for the upcoming elections.
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'The floating mass': How will undecided and swing voters choose in the elections?

As we enter the last few days of the campaign season, the competition for undecided and swing voters is getting even hotter.

6 years ago
Twenty-two-year-old Davin Kirana (right), the son of Lion Air co-founder and Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Rusdi Kirana, is running for a seat in the House of Representatives with the NasDem Party, which is chaired by media magnate Surya Paloh (left).
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Junior candidates try to come out from parents’ shadows

Many young politicians in their 20s who have emerged in the April elections are following the footstep of their parents

6 years ago
Presidential candidates Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin, General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman (center) and presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno appear on stage during the first candidate debate on Jan. 18.
Politics

Poll race narrows, undecided voters likely to split equally

The survey, which polled 1,600 people between March 18 and April 1 with a 2.45 percent margin of error, found that 7.9 percent of them were still undecided.

6 years ago
A throng of supporters take pictures of President Joko Widodo on March 24, 2019, during his first campaign rally in Serang, Banten province. The Surakarta native is seeking reelection on April 17 against his rival in the 2014 election, Prabowo Subianto.
Politics

Jokowi aims for 70 percent votes in Central Java stronghold

The incumbent won Central Java in 2014 with a majority vote of 66.65 percent, but intends to surpass this on April 17.

6 years ago
Move on up: Participants from a vocational school in Malang, East Java show off their modern dance moves in the General Elections Commission (KPU) Flashmob Dance category during the 2019 Malang Dance Festival in the Gajayana building in Malang on Monday.
Politics

Komodo dragon mascot, local dialects encourage E. Nusa Tenggara voters to visit polling stations

Local General Elections Commissions (KPU) in East and West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, are putting forth local dialects and mascots to encourage people to vote. 

6 years ago
Kader dan masyarakat antusias mengikuti Jalan Sehat dan Senam Nusantara DPW PKS Jakarta di seputaran Balaikota DKI, Ahad (15/4/2018)
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Islamist parties struggle for relevance in Muslim-majority Indonesia

The large population of Muslims does not always translate into the victory of the parties because Indonesian Muslims, despite their religiosity and conservative outlook, have been more interested in clean government and social justice, instead of identity politics

6 years ago
Indonesia's presidential candidate for the upcoming general election Joko Widodo takes pictures with his supporters during his first campaign rally at a stadium in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia, March 24, 2019
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Election rhetoric heats up

Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto, in particular, has stepped up his fiery oratory, lambasting the “bastards” who were “raping the motherland”.

6 years ago
High hopes: Incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo addresses his supporters during an open campaign event at Kalegowa Field in Gowa, South Sulawesi, recently.
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Sulawesi tough battleground for Jokowi, Prabowo

Neither presidential ticket seems to have the upper hand in Sulawesi.

6 years ago
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