When lawmakers were done swearing their oath to serve the public by representing their aspirations, netizens were quick to do their own searches on the members of parliamentary bodies, finding many of them are the subject of scandals, either past or present.

Analysts believe that being the House speaker, coupled with her position as the heir apparent of the nation's largest party, will give her a strong platform for the presidential race in 2024. 

The daughter of Indonesia's female president gained the most votes in the House, as she won 404,034 votes in the Central Java electoral district.

Jokowi meets resistance in issuing an executive order to upend controversial articles in KPK Law from his supporting parties, while opposition parties support the plan but have their own agenda. 

Over the past week, the largest student demonstrations in over two decades have largely focused their ire at the House, criticizing a number of controversial bills and urging lawmakers to pass bills deemed important, such as the antisexual violence bill and the domestic workers bill.

Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) president Said Iqbal has met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and expressed his support for the government, despite backing Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto in the presidential election earlier this year.

The Gerindra Party member was originally told she would be tasked with reading the closing prayer during Friday’s plenary session. However, when Rahayu arrived at the meeting room in the morning, party faction leaders told her that Zulkifli disapproved of the decision to appoint her as prayer reader.

The Perppu, once issued by Jokowi, would still need approval from the House of Representatives to effectively revoke the newly passed KPK Law, which many have said will weaken the anticorruption body.

The violence at the rally, believed to be the biggest student protest since 1998, left dozens of people injured and hundreds of others reportedly missing.

Students also clashed with security personnel in Jambi and Semarang, Central Java. 

The House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday to delay the deliberation of four problematic bills, including the Criminal Code (KUHP) bill, following mounting public anger at the legislative agenda.

Social media also has turned into a battleground for people to voice their protests

But as Jokowi is about to begin his second term in office following a successful reelection bid in April, two members of the first family have indicated their intentions to enter politics.

Thousands of students in at least nine cities across Indonesia took to the streets on Monday demanding an end to what they claimed were ongoing attempts to roll back two decades of political reform in the country.

Anttigraft activists have reported online intimidation against them following protests.

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The government and the lawmakers are criticized for passing controversial bills at the end of their tenure.

Amid lobbies over Cabinet positions and the Constitution amendment agenda, all parties have supported an amendment of the Legislative Institutions (MD3) Law.

The researchers reminded Jokowi of his promises and commitment to blocking any efforts to weaken the antigraft body.

Yudhoyono reminded Jokowi that compromise and consensus are good ways to pursue politics. 

The husband of Jokowi’s daughter, Kahiyang Ayu, visited executives of the NasDem Party in Medan, North Sumatra on Tuesday. People speculated that they talked about his plan to run for Medan mayor next year.

The President’s decision came amid mounting calls for the President to block the House’s attempt to revise the KPK law by refusing to issue the presidential letter, without which the lawmakers would not be able to begin deliberation

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo aims to build a presidential palace in Papua as well as improving internet connectivity in the easternmost province.

Only four of 55 bills in the 2019 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) have been passed into law.

The House of Representatives speeds up the deliberation of the long-postponed revision draft on the Law on the Corruption Eradication Commission.

Ministers and celebrities will be part of the next batch of lawmakers in the House of Representatives, as the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Saturday announced the composition of the legislature, with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Golkar Party coming out on top.

The leadership race in the Golkar Party has led to an internal rift as potential contender Bambang Soesatyo demanded the party hold a national congress soon to elect its next chairman.

The protesters marched from the Army headquarters to the State Palace, carrying banned Morning Star flags, a symbol of the Papuan independence movement.

Since its issuance in 2014, the law has been revised three times, mostly to accommodate power sharing among political parties.

The country’s ambassador to neighboring Malaysia, who is also a politician with the National Awakening Party (PKB), Rusdi Kirana, has announced that he would soon leave the party because of his tight schedule as a diplomat.