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Jakarta scores highest democracy index in Indonesia

The Special Capital Region (DKI) of Jakarta has been awarded the province with the highest Indonesian Democracy Index ...

Indonesian Democracy Index rises 0.28 points in 2018

The Indonesian Democracy Index (IDI) increased 0.28 points to 72.39 in 2018, from 72.11 a year earlier, Central ...

President Jokowi's statement on FPI not political: Golkar Party

Golkar Party's Deputy Secretary General Ace Hasan Syadzily said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)'s statement that ...

Latvia backs Indonesia's on UN Human Rights Council

Latvia supports Indonesia’s candidacy as a United Nation Human Rights Council member from 2020 to 2022, Latvian ...

UK reaffirms support for Indonesia's territorial integrity

The United Kingdom Government has reaffirmed its support for Indonesia's territorial integrity and recognized Papua ...

Indonesia condemns decision to award Benny Wenda

Indonesia has strongly condemned the Oxford City Council’s decision to award Benny Wenda, a member of the ...

Widodo-Prabowo meeting eagerly expected by Indonesians: Gerindra

Gerindra Deputy Chairperson Arief Puyouno believes President-elect Joko Widodo and ex-presidential candidate, Prabowo ...

Jokowi, Prabowo ride MRT train to go for lunch together

President-elect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and losing presidential candidate in the recent election Prabowo Subianto boarded ...

Desire for power should not sway coalition's decisions: Observer

Rifqi Rachman, a political researcher at the Indonesian Institute, highlighted the need for political parties to not ...

Jokowi asked to reject RS repatriation as reconciliation prerequisite

National Mandate Party (PAN) Deputy Chairman Bara Hasibuan suggested that Indonesian President Joko Widodo ...

Constructive opposition needed to advance Indonesian nation: Uno

Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has believed a constructive opposition is needed to help develop and advance the Indonesian ...

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Gerindra, PKS expected to remain effective, quality opposition

The 2019 presidential election held simultaneously with legislative elections on April 17, 2019, across Indonesia was a ...

Even two opposition parties are force to reckon with: Observer

- will remain effective in the Parliament, Ignasius Jaques Juru, researcher of PolGov Research Center of University of ...

Gerindra-PKS opposition perceived ineffective for checks, balances

A political observer opined that if Indonesia's opposition political parties were to constitute only the Gerindra ...

Opposition crucial for checks-balances intrinsic to democracy: analyst

Pangi Syarwi Chaniago, a political analyst of the Voxpo Center for Research and Consulting, opined that the opposition ...