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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 ...

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"Fiesta of democracy" requires no compromise approach to public health

Indonesia, the world's third largest democracy after the US and India, is once again gearing to hold simultaneous ...

Ban on Indonesian travelers may affect nation's image: legislator

The decision by 59 countries to deny entry to Indonesian visitors can negatively affect Indonesia’s image in the ...

Bawaslu: KPU-Papua office advised to conduct swab testing

The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in Papua has advised that all members of the province’s General ...

KPU-Papua office member infected with COVID-19: commission

The General Elections Commission (KPU) authority in the Indonesian Province of Papua revealed that one of its members ...

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Office, family, election clusters put focus back on health protocols

For Indonesia, which has been striving to flatten its coronavirus curve since March, 2020, the past two weeks have ...

734 candidate pairs register for regional elections: KPU chief

Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU), Arif Budiman, has said that 734 nominee pairs have registered as ...

Jokowi seeks improvement in democratic system during 2020 elections

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sought an improvement in the practice of democracy in the regional elections, scheduled ...