"Be very careful. The 2024 general election will be organized while the global economic situation is clouded by uncertainty. We need to have the same concern about it," Jokowi said in a speech delivered for the national gathering of poll workers organized by the General Election Commission (KPU).

The results of the study track with previous reports and findings from concerned civil society groups and democracy activists that recorded an increase in attacks against critics of the government.

Indonesian Military (TNI) chief nominee Adm. Yudo Margono, who is set to face questioning from lawmakers during a confirmation hearing next week, will face a mountain of challenges to begin realizing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s vision of the Global Maritime Fulcrum, analysts said.

The House of Representatives is once again in the spotlight for tinkering with the Constitutional Court’s independence following a proposed amendment that will allow the House to evaluate court justices without stipulating clear standards to regulate such a process.

Speaking at an annual Bank Indonesia (BI) gathering attended by the central bank’s governor, Perry Warjiyo, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto, the President said the current crisis engulfing the world had created headaches for world leaders serious enough to turn their hair white.

The future of the Gerindra Party-led alliance, which plans to announce a ticket for the 2024 presidential election by January next year, is hanging in the balance after the National Awakening Party (PKB) floated the idea of leaving the alliance if its chairman is not named a candidate for vice president.

Critics have deplored vague provisions banning non-Pancasila ideologies in the latest draft of the penal code bill, warning of risks of civil liberty curbs and New Order-style repression.

President is flexing his political muscle by mobilizing his volunteer groups, analysts say  

The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) watchdog has raised concerns that political parties could exploit quirks in the country’s presidential nomination system alongside the coattail effect to advance their interests at the cost of real voter choice.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is set to nominate his pick for the next Indonesian Military (TNI) chief next week, with a lawmaker indicating that the retiring commander may be replaced by Navy chief of staff Admiral Yudo Margono

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has given a nod to lawmakers’ controversial dismissal of Constitutional Court justice Aswanto and the appointment of Guntur Hamzah as his replacement, setting what civil groups say is an alarming precedent that undermines the independence of the judiciary.

Muhammadiyah’s central board elected incumbent chairman Haedar Nashir to a second term during the organization’s 48th muktamar (national congress) on Sunday, extending Haedar’s reign at the top of the country’s second-largest Muslim organization until 2027.

The House of Representatives unanimously passed on Thursday a law to create another new province in the underdeveloped region of Papua, expecting that this will allow the government to redraw electoral districts in all four new provinces ahead of the 2024 general election.

The Group of 20 Leaders' Summit drew to a close in Bali on Wednesday with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo thanking leaders of major economies for producing a joint declaration, a feat initially doubted by many amid deep rifts over the war in Ukraine.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has expressed his “highest gratitude” to foreign leaders assembled in Bali for agreeing to a joint declaration to conclude the Group of 20 Summit in a year marked by geopolitical division.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov left the Bali G20 summit, state news agencies reported Tuesday, handing over to the finance minister who is now expected to represent his country.

A new Kompas survey showed that Jokowi still has some influence over the 2024 presidential race, with 15 percent of respondents saying they would vote for whomever the President endorses.

Leaders from the world's 20 largest economies arrive on the Indonesian island Bali on Monday for a post-pandemic reunion chilled by Sino-US rivalry and overshadowed by a superpower sit-down between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.

The government submitted what it deemed as a watered-down draft of the penal code bill to lawmakers on Wednesday, although it still retains some contentious articles, as lawmakers seek to pass the bill before their recess in mid-December.

President Jokowo, who beat Prabowo twice in 2014 and 2019, said that it may now be his former rival's turn to win the presidential election.

Director of state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Didiek Hartantyo said on Wednesday that the two leaders would witness the trial run for a 20-kilometer journey between Tegal Luar and Cikopo stations near Bandung, West Java.

State investigators have confiscated documents from the Communications and Information Ministry and a private vendor as the AGO probes possible graft in a procurement deal.  

From rival to opposition and then Cabinet minister, it seems that Prabowo's political constellation has skyrocketed toward 2024 on the incumbent's latest aside.

The Constitutional Court’s decision to clear the way for ministers to run in the upcoming presidential election without having to quit the Cabinet has left many wondering whether President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who still maintains his grip on his big-tent coalition, could really defy the infamous “second-term curse”.

The country's premier defense expo has closed with a record number of participants and exhibitors, including several newcomers from around the globe.

President Jokowi would prefer to return to his hometown in Surakarta rather than continue to wrestle in politics after he steps down from office.

A survey on Sunday shows the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) cementing its lead with 24 percent of the votes, as more than half of supporters from the NasDem Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN) decide to switch their allegiance.

Constitutional Court scraps election law provision requiring ministers to step down when running for presidential or vice-presidential election

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated former prosecutor Johanis Tanak as the new deputy chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday, replacing commissioner Lili Pintauli Siregar, who was removed from office over ethics violations.

With internet-savvy Gen-Zers and millennials predicted to make up more than half of the voters in the 2024 presidential election, social media is again expected to be one of the key platforms to lure votes.