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Bawaslu urges pilkada participants to apply health protocols

The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) warned participants of the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (pilkada) ...

Decision taken on national holiday on Dec-9 pilkada polling day

Government decided a national holiday for the Dec-9 simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) according to ...

Enforce health protocols in regions strictly: police chief

National Police Chief General Idham Azis instructed the Heads of Police Regional Units (Kasatwil) to enforce health ...

Health protocol violations effectively suppressed to 2.2 percent

The rate of health protocol violations during the last week of the campaign period of the 2020 simultaneous regional ...

Civil servants' neutrality defines regional elections quality: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin believes that the neutrality of civil servants becomes a factor determining the quality ...

Only 16.3% regions holding Pilkada in COVID-19 red zone: survey

A survey by the Lingkaran Survei Indonesia (LSI) Denny JA has shown that only 16.3 percent or 44 regions that are ...

SEPAHAM Indonesia presses for postponement of regional head elections

SEPAHAM Indonesia, a human rights teaching union, has staunchly sought the postponement of the 2020 regional head ...

Local elections to proceed as scheduled amid strict health protocols

The 2020 simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) will be held on December 9 to safeguard the people's ...

NU calls for postponement of regional head elections owing to COVID-19

The Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) has called on the General Election Commission (KPU), the Government and the ...

COVID-19 casts cloud on regional elections

The year 2020 was set to be one of political contests, with regional figures across Indonesia gearing for the Pilkada, ...

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Pilkada amid pandemic poses a dilemma

One by one, electoral officers who have been busy preparing for the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) ...

Shorten local election process to reduce COVID-19 risk: academician

The preparations and stages of the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) need to be curtailed in view of ...

Election commissioner Evi Novida Ginting infected with COVID-19

General Elections Commission (KPU) member Evi Novida Ginting Manik tested positive for the coronavirus disease ...

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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 ...

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 ...