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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 ...

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 ...

734 candidate pairs register for regional elections: KPU chief

Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU), Arif Budiman, has said that 734 nominee pairs have registered as ...

KPU should impose sanctions on candidates violating health protocols

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

Indonesia continues health protocol campaign against COVID-19

Indonesia's government continues to conduct activities of the 3M campaign of wearing masks, washing hands, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reprimand regional head candidates over COVID-19 fund misuse: MPR

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo urged the General Elections Commission (KPU) and ...

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 ...

KPU should reject candidacy of former drug users: Gerindra

Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party urged the General Elections Commission’s (KPU’s) regional offices ...

Regions with low COVID-19 cases can apply new normal: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted that a new normal can solely be applied in regions with reportedly low cases ...