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PAN deplores Polri's treatment meted out to KAMI activists

Guspardi Gaus, Indonesian House of Representatives' (DPR's) PAN faction member, bemoaned the National ...

Lawmaker sees KAMI activist arrests as test for Democracy

Mardani Ali Sera, member of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), has seen the arrests of ...

Civil servants' neutrality defines regional elections quality: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin believes that the neutrality of civil servants becomes a factor determining the quality ...

Police should secure elections, prosecute health protocol violators:VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has called on the National Police to guarantee security during the 2020 regional ...

Amien Rais' new Ummat Party will fight tyranny, create justice

Senior Indonesian politician Amien Rais announced the formation of his new political party named "Ummat ...

Statement on one-year anniversary of Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator

Please find the statement below from Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator leadership regarding the one-year ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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) ...

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 ...

Election commissioner Evi Novida Ginting infected with COVID-19

General Elections Commission (KPU) member Evi Novida Ginting Manik tested positive for the coronavirus disease ...

Jakob Oetama always held a positive perception of things: Kalla

Ex-Vice President Jusuf Kalla believes that Kompas Gramedia cofounder Jakob Oetama, who died at 88, is Indonesia's ...

Jakob Oetama buried with military honors at Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery

Kompas Gramedia cofounder Jakob Oetama, who passed away at 88, was laid to rest with military honors at the National ...