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House Speaker lauds SBY for issuing regional head election regulation

House Speaker Setya Novanto has expressed appreciation to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) for issuing a new ...

20 FPI members held after clash at City Hall

The Jakarta police have held 20 members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) for their alleged involvement in riots and ...

Pancasila serves as value system of life

Pancasila, the five basic principles of the Republic of Indonesia, serves as the value system of life that has been ...

President supervises draft of govt regulation on regional head elections

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is overseeing the preparations of the draft document on a government regulation en ...

Jokowi tenders resignation letter as governor today

President-elect and current Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, handed over his resignation ...

Soeharto`s daughter inaugurated as MP

Former president Soehartos daughter Siti Hediati Haryadi or Titi Soeharto was among the new members of parliament to ...

President's regulations will not automatically invalidate Pilkada Law

The perppu (government regulation) to be issued by President Yudhoyono will not, by default, invalidate the regional ...

Govt plans to challenge indirect election law: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a press conference on Tuesday morning said the government was planning to ...

SBY urges Democrat Party to fight for direct election system

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has called on party members to fight for direct regional election system, ...

Constitutional Court chairman confirms receiving call from President Yudhoyono

The Chairman of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, Hamdan Zoelva, confirmed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...

SBY expresses disappointment over voting results

Democrat Party Chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed disappointment over the results of voting to endorse a bill ...

Regional Elections Act challenged in Constitutional Court

The Regional Elections Act that was approved by the House of Representatives (DPR) was immediately challenged in the ...

House votes for indirect regional head elections

The House of Representatives (DPR), after a long debate in a plenary session early on Friday, decided through voting ...

Joko Widodo's Indonesia: Possible Future Paths

-    This paper by Peter McCawley looks at the possible paths for policy and development in Indonesia ...

FPI opposes Ahok as Jakarta governor

Some one thousand FPI Muslim activists staged a protest rally on the premises of the Jakarta Legislative Council ...