#democracy in indonesia

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Jakarta gubernatorial election represents miniature of Indonesian democracy

The Jakarta gubernatorial election (pilkada) is a miniature of the implementation of democracy in Indonesia, according ...

Minister discusses peaceful elections with religious leaders

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin invited a number of national and religious leaders on Friday to ...

Minister urges public to consider candidates` working programs before voting

Indonesias Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has urged people to consider the working programs of ...

President Jokowi meets European Parliament president

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has met the President of European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and discussed potential ...

Simultaneous regional elections in 264 regions ran smoothly

Millions of eligible voters visited polling stations to cast their ballot in Indonesias first-ever simultaneous ...

Simultaneous regional head elections to run peacefully

All efforts have been taken to ensure that the nationwide simultaneous regional head elections in Indonesia on ...

Jakarta governor amends regulation on rallies following NGO protests

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) has amended a gubernatorial regulation of 2015 governing freedom of ...

Indonesian army ready to provide security for regional head elections

- The Indonesian Army has expressed its readiness to provide security for the regional head elections to be conducted ...

Regional election to improve democratic system in Indonesia: MPR

The Indonesia Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) Oesman Sapta Odang expects the implementation ...

VP Kalla calls for religious tolerance

Indonesian Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has urged the public to build harmony and promote tolerance while observing ...

President Jokowi pardons five political prisoners in Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pardoned five political prisoners during his visit to Abepura Penitentiary in Jayapura, ...

Sigma: Intervention by President Jokowi in novel case acceptable

Director of Community Synergy for Indonesian Democracy (Sigma) Said Salahudin said limited intervention by the ...

Indonesian press communities urge police to not criminalize journalists

The Indonesian press communities have urged the police to desist from processing any complaint submitted to them ...

Indonesia to hold simultaneous regional head elections in early 2016

Despite complaints regarding alleged irregularities and money politics in some regions, 2014 was a year of democracy ...

Democrat to support if Jokowi decides to continue BDF

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos Democrat Party has said that it would give support if president-elect Joko Widodo ...