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President signs regulation on COVID-19 vaccine procurement

President Joko Widodo recently signed a regulation specifying the procurement and immunization schedule for the ...

Three more doctors die of COVID-19, bringing death toll to 130: IDI

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has reported the deaths of three more frontline doctors due to novel ...

Papua's COVID-19 death toll reaches 103: task force

With four more patients succumbing to the coronavirus on Thursday, Papua province’s death toll has climbed to ...

Only 16.3% regions holding Pilkada in COVID-19 red zone: survey

A survey by the Lingkaran Survei Indonesia (LSI) Denny JA has shown that only 16.3 percent or 44 regions that are ...

Legislator supports reduction in regional election campaign period

Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Chairman Azis Syamsuddin voiced his support to a sanction to reduce ...

Local elections to proceed as scheduled amid strict health protocols

The 2020 simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) will be held on December 9 to safeguard the people's ...

All commissioners of Bawaslu-Papua office test negative for COVID-19

Papua Office received negative test results for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid their hectic duties of ...

NU calls for postponement of regional head elections owing to COVID-19

The Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) has called on the General Election Commission (KPU), the Government and the ...

COVID-19 casts cloud on regional elections

The year 2020 was set to be one of political contests, with regional figures across Indonesia gearing for the Pilkada, ...

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Pilkada amid pandemic poses a dilemma

One by one, electoral officers who have been busy preparing for the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) ...

Election Commission chief contracts COVID-19

Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU), Arief Budiman, informed here on Friday that he has tested positive ...

Most people in favor of postponing 2020 regional head elections

A survey conducted by Polmatrix Indonesia found that the greater bulk of people opted for postponement of the 2020 ...

Shorten local election process to reduce COVID-19 risk: academician

The preparations and stages of the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) need to be curtailed in view of ...

DPD reaffirms rejection to holding Dec-9 regional head elections

The Regional Representatives Council’s (DPD’s) Committee I reiterated its rejection to the simultaneous ...

All commissioners tested after Riau KPU chair contracts COVID-19

With Riau Election Commission (KPU) Chairman Ilham Muhammad Nasir testing positive for COVID-19, other commissioners of ...