#local elections

Collection of local elections news, found 143 news.

Jokowi seeks improvement in democratic system during 2020 elections

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sought an improvement in the practice of democracy in the regional elections, scheduled ...

KPU should impose sanctions on candidates violating health protocols

Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Azis Syamsuddin urged the General Election Commission (KPU) ...

Be wary of office, family, and regional election clusters: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) renewed calls for his Indonesia Onward Cabinet's members to adopt requisite measures ...

Government lends top priority to tackling health issues: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asserted that currently, the government's efforts were primarily targeted at ...

Lest local elections lead to new COVID-19 clusters: MPR Chairman

Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet), Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) chairman, cautioned that holding the ...

Sole candidates versus blank boxes in 31 regions, bad precedent

House of Representatives' (DPR's) Commission II member, Guspardi Gaus, expressed concern over sole candidates ...

Regional expansion is not primary answer to regions' problems: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin opined that the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) is not the primary solution to ...

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 ...

Prepare for safe simultaneous regional elections amid COVID-19: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has reminded that the simultaneous regional head elections (pilkada), scheduled on ...

Successful local elections part of national agenda: Home Ministry

Successful regional head elections (Pilkada) to be organized simultaneously in 270 regions in Indonesia's 32 ...

Bawaslu, Ministry ink agreement on health safety during pilkada

The Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) and Health Ministry inked a cooperation agreement on the health safety of ...

Home Minister hopes 50 percent turnout in December local elections

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has expressed his hope that the voter turnout in simultaneous regional head ...

New health protocols should be prioritized during local elections

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian called to give greater importance to applying new health protocols related to the ...

DPD RI prepared to conduct evaluation of 2020 local elections

The Indonesian Regional Representative Council (DPD RI) is all set to evaluate the process of regional head elections ...