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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 ...

All commissioners of Bawaslu-Papua office test negative for COVID-19

Papua Office received negative test results for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid their hectic duties of ...

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) ...

Most people in favor of postponing 2020 regional head elections

A survey conducted by Polmatrix Indonesia found that the greater bulk of people opted for postponement of the 2020 ...

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 ...

Avoid comparing COVID-19 handling to those of other nations: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called to desist from drawing comparisons between the COVID-19 handling ...

Police ready to take strict measures against health protocol violators

The police would take strict measures against health protocols violators in a bid to cut the COVID-19 transmission ...

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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 ...

Ban on Indonesian travelers may affect nation's image: legislator

The decision by 59 countries to deny entry to Indonesian visitors can negatively affect Indonesia’s image in the ...

Bawaslu: KPU-Papua office advised to conduct swab testing

The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in Papua has advised that all members of the province’s General ...

KPU-Papua office member infected with COVID-19: commission

The General Elections Commission (KPU) authority in the Indonesian Province of Papua revealed that one of its members ...

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Office, family, election clusters put focus back on health protocols

For Indonesia, which has been striving to flatten its coronavirus curve since March, 2020, the past two weeks have ...

Police to deploy over 137,000 personnel on Pilkada polling day

The Indonesian Police will deploy 137,729 personnel to guard 300,152 polling stations (TPS) on December 9, 2020, the ...