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Ensure high voter turnout in local elections amid COVID-19: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on related ministries and the General Elections Commission (KPU) to impose ...

Jokowi highlights importance of enforcing health protocols in Pilkada

President Joko Widodo stressed on the significance of enforcing health protocols across all stages of this year's ...

Reprimand regional head candidates over COVID-19 fund misuse: MPR

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo urged the General Elections Commission (KPU) and ...

KPU should reject candidacy of former drug users: Gerindra

Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party urged the General Elections Commission’s (KPU’s) regional offices ...

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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 ...

Surakarta postpones regional elections stages over COVID-19 concerns

The General Elections Commission (KPU) in Surakarta City, Central Java, decided to defer the stages of regional ...

KPU postpones regional elections' preliminary stages

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has postponed the preliminary stages of the simultaneously regional elections in ...

COVID-19: NGO seeks postponement of local election process

The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) has urged the government to postpone some of the procedural ...

House urges KPU, Bawaslu to draft SOPs to tackle COVID-19

The House of Representatives (DPR) urged the General Elections Commission (KPU) and Elections Supervisory Agency ...

KPK questions election commission chief as witness in bribery case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned General Elections Commission (KPU) Chief Arief Budiman as ...

VP tells participants to promote unity in polls

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has urged all participants of this year's simultaneous regional election ...

President Widodo defends regional head elections

President Joko Widodo has defended the direct election of regional heads, and said it reflects the people's ...

Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin officially become president and vice president

Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin had officially taken oaths as Indonesia's president and vice president ...

"Rival-turned-ally" Prabowo Subianto to attend Jokowi's inauguration

Chief Patron of the opposition-turned-ally Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto was scheduled to attend ...

Golkar-Papua chapter opens registration for 2020 regional election

The Central Executive Board of the Golkar Party-Papua Chapter has opened registrations for those interested in being ...