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UN should initiate global consensus following Charlie Hebdo incident: Muhammadiyah

Muhammadiyah is deliberating over the importance of a global consensus in the form of an international agreement, in ...

Parliament approves appointment of new police chief

Nine political party factions in the Parliament have approved the appointment of Commissioner General Budi Gunawan as ...

Budi Gunawan vows to develop Indonesian anti-corruption culture

The sole candidate for the post of national police chief Commissioner General Budi Gunawan informed legislators here ...

Indonesia to hold simultaneous regional head elections in early 2016

Despite complaints regarding alleged irregularities and money politics in some regions, 2014 was a year of democracy ...

Legislators cut salaries to help Banjarnegara landslide victims

A number of leaders and members of the House of Representatives have donated Rp350 million they raised from their ...

Indonesia begins sinking illegal fishing boats

Indonesia has detained 155 foreign fishing vessels and, on Friday, sunk three of them, a stern measure lauded by all ...

Presidential instruction to not meet MPs considered setback for reconciliation

The cabinet secretarys letter carrying President Joko Widodos instruction that prevents ministers from attending the ...

Legislators proceed with attempt to question president

The governments decision to raise the prices of subsidized fuels when the world crude price is on the decline has led ...

Ahok`s long and winding road toward gubernatorial seat

The inauguration of Jakarta governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as Indonesias seventh president on October 20, 2014 does not ...

One thousand FPI members stage rally outside legislative building

Some one thousand members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) staged a rally outside the Jakarta Legislative Council ...

Indonesia Moves Towards Mature Democracy

After all the noise and tension during the general election held earlier this year, the entire nation has come out as ...

242 of new parliament members have tarnished records: Kontras

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said it surveys found many of the new members of ...

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 ...