Formappi researcher Lucius Karus said the Pancasila Ideology Guidelines (HIP) bill – proposed by PDI-P lawmaker Rieke Diah Pitaloka – and the Constitutional Court law revision bill – proposed by Gerindra lawmaker Supratman Andi Agtas – were unnecessary.

In recent months, Hadi has made no efforts to hide his disagreement with Jokowi's policies. In April, in the lead-up to this year's Idul Fitri holiday, Hadi blasted Jokowi's decision to ban mudik (homecoming exodus), saying it was too little too late. Later in May, the current Surakarta mayor also criticized the government's decision to increase the premiums for the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS).

The four students were apprehended within the USTJ campus while they were holding an open forum as a protest at the judicial proceedings of the “Balikpapan Seven”, a group of Papuan students and activists who have been on trial on treason charges for their involvement in a string of anti-racism protests in Jayapura last year.

A House of Representatives-initiated Pancasila ideology bill has received public criticism over its insignificant objectives and controversial articles, especially Islamists that have deemed the bill an effort to bring back communism ideology.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on law enforcement officers to work hard to anticipate and act decisively against his functionaries found to be taking advantage of the current pandemic to enrich themselves.

Commission III lawmaker Habiburokhman says the prison sentence demanded for Novel's alleged attackers is "too light", highlighting that the attack has left the KPK investigator disabled for the rest of his life.

As the country is battling COVID-19, President Jokowi has given the Vice President the authority to deal with all things pertaining to religion in the fight against the pandemic.

Three political parties that control a small number of seats in the House of Representatives have objected to a plan to increase the legislative threshold for the 2024 elections, arguing that it would undermine the country’s democracy.

The PGI has raised concern over prosecutors’ reported plan of seeking five to 17 years of imprisonment for the students, deeming it "far from fair and appropriate".

A group has submitted a challenge to the Constitutional Court against a regulation recently issued by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo postponing this year’s simultaneous regional elections until December, and have instead called for the elections to be postponed until the risk of COVID-19 transmission has subsided.

The Finance Ministry has announced that it will allocate an additional Rp 1.02 trillion (US$ 71.79 million for personal protective equipment (PPE) and other health measures in simultaneous regional elections slated to take place in December.

The Home Ministry has proposed an extra Rp 1.4 trillion (US$98.78 million) in budget funds to hold the regional elections in December. Public health experts say holding elections at the time of a pandemic could be risky.

Labor unions have demanded the government to form a technical team with fair representation for workers, in addition to government and business associations, to discuss the labor cluster of the controversial omnibus bill on job creation.

Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto will soon decide on the candidate for the party to endorse in the 2024 presidential election, a party top official has said, adding that Probowo himself is ready to run again.

Media groups have criticized the government for including revisions to the Press Law in the omnibus bill on job creation. They say it could harm press freedom in the country.

The electability ratings of Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil increased by 2.7 percent and 3.9 percent in a May survey, respectively, compared to a similar survey conducted by Indikator Politik Indonesia in February.

Indikator Politik Indonesia executive director Burhanuddin Muhtadi said that said a possible explanation for this disparity was partisanship - Jokowi’s approval rating among those who voted for Prabowo Subianto in the 2019 elections (48.3 percent) was significantly lower than that among those who voted for Jokowi (77.3 percent).

The proposal also includes raising the current 4 percent minimum parliamentary threshold to 7 percent.

As the government insists on holding the 2020 simultaneous regional elections in December despite COVID-19 risks, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is now preparing health protocols to prevent the elections from becoming new sources of virus transmission.

The House also seeks to increase the parliamentary threshold from 4 percent as stipulated in Article 217 of the draft bill dated May 6.

Scholars and activists have raised concern about the freedom of speech in Indonesia following alleged acts of intimidation against critics of the government’s policy to restrict mobility to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.

Antigraft NGO Transparency International Indonesia (TII) calls for the government to establish transparency measures for political parties under the National Strategy for Corruption Prevention (Stranas-PK).

Experts have raised concerns that the elections in December may escalate coronavirus transmission given that the preliminary stages of the elections will start in June.

Public health concerns are mounting over the government’s plan to go through with holding the 2020 simultaneous regional elections in December over fears of further virus transmission amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts and analysts have suggested that a further delay is necessary, arguing that the government must remain focused on addressing the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Perppu was signed by the President on March 31 and passed by the House of Representatives into law on May 12.

Parties in the ruling coalition are divided not just over the substance of the jobs bill, but also over its name.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated Adm. Yudo Margono and Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo as the new chief of staffs for the Indonesian Navy and the Air Force, respectively.

The government's plan to reschedule polling day for this year's simultaneous regional elections to December has sparked concerns over the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of incumbent candidates using their coronavirus response to their own advantage.

Several members of the House of Representatives have asked the government to reevaluate its travel-relaxation policy after pictures of passengers crowding into Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, went viral on Thursday.