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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 ...

Police to deploy over 137,000 personnel on Pilkada polling day

The Indonesian Police will deploy 137,729 personnel to guard 300,152 polling stations (TPS) on December 9, 2020, the ...

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 ...

National Police deploy 192,168 personnel to secure regional elections

The National Police deployed 192,168 personnel to secure the 2020 simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada) scheduled ...

No compromises on health protocols during regional elections: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo lent considerable weightage to no compromises being made in applying COVID-19 prevention health ...

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 ...

KPU should impose sanctions on candidates violating health protocols

Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Azis Syamsuddin urged the General Election Commission (KPU) ...

Lest local elections lead to new COVID-19 clusters: MPR Chairman

Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet), Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) chairman, cautioned that holding the ...

DPD RI prepared to conduct evaluation of 2020 local elections

The Indonesian Regional Representative Council (DPD RI) is all set to evaluate the process of regional head elections ...

National Data Center expected to be established this year

The National Data Center that will integrate government data with a multi-layered security system is expected to be ...

KPU checks data server security after personal data breach claim

The General Election Commission (KPU) is currently engaged in checking the security of its data server following a ...

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Indonesia's regional head elections postponed over COVID-19 pandemic

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought several countries to a near standstill, as activities involving ...

Human rights body lauds decision to postpone regional head elections

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has hailed the decision to postpone the regional head elections ...

KPU draws government's praises for postponing regional head elections

The government commended a decision taken by the General Election Commission (KPU) to postpone the process of the 2020 ...

COVID-19 may potentially disrupt Indonesia's regional elections

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has infected at least 117 people in several Indonesian cities might ...