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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 ...

300 personnel to secure FPI rally against Ahok`s inauguration

The Central Jakarta Police will deploy 300 personnel when the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stages a rally to protest ...

Ahok says he is not worried by FPI rejecting him as new governor

Deputy Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) said he was not worried with plan by radical Islam Defender ...

A surprise for Megawati Soekarnoputri

Megawati Soekarnoputri could not fight back the tears. She was deeply touched and at the same time surprised. ...

PDI-P will hold national meeting toward becoming the ruling party

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will hold its fourth national meeting (rakernas) on September 19-21, ...

Indonesia convinced to meet oil lifting target

Indonesian oil officials are optimistic that the government will meet its oil lifting target this year, although it ...

House agrees to oil lifting target of 900 thousand bpd

Commission VII on Energy Affairs of the House of Representatives has agreed to set the crude and condensate lifting ...