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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2019 was bleak year for human rights enforcement: Komnas HAM

The year 2019 was grim in terms of the enforcement of human rights, as it was a political year for the nation, ...

KPU checks data server security after personal data breach claim

The General Election Commission (KPU) is currently engaged in checking the security of its data server following a ...

Health minister orders large-scale social distancing in Jakarta

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has declared large-scale social distancing status for Jakarta to bolster measures ...

Imposition of large-scale social restrictions in Jakarta praised

A senior legislator has lauded the Indonesian Government's decision to enforce large-scale social restrictions and ...

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Indonesia's regional head elections postponed over COVID-19 pandemic

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought several countries to a near standstill, as activities involving ...

Human rights body lauds decision to postpone regional head elections

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has hailed the decision to postpone the regional head elections ...

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Economic stimulus, social safety get priority as slowdown looms

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, declared by the WHO as a pandemic, has wreaked havoc on the global economy ...

KPU draws government's praises for postponing regional head elections

The government commended a decision taken by the General Election Commission (KPU) to postpone the process of the 2020 ...