The General Elections Commission (KPU) Jakarta office is under fire following reports that the identities of the city’s voters were used without their consent to support the only independent candidate pair eligible to run in the November gubernatorial race.
11 hours agoAt the annual People’s Consultative Assembly plenary session on Friday, House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani lamented the declining state of democracy in Indonesia in what appeared to be a jab at outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
11 hours agoPresident-elect Prabowo Subianto has promised to continue the legacy of his predecessor President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo by hosting the Independence Day celebration next year in Nusantara.
12 hours agoCoordinator of President Jokowi's special aides Ari Dwipayana said in a press statement published on Saturday that the claim made by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary general Hasto Kristiyanto alleging that the President marshaled law enforcers to do his bidding was false and unsubstantiated.
14 hours agoMaga, a 74-year-old woman, raised concerns when she did not return home on Wednesday, prompting a search by relatives.
18 hours agoWhile many millions of eyes were turned to the official commemoration in Nusantara, some communities marked Indonesia's 79th Independence Day with ceremonies highlighting their diverse locales and heritage.
19 hours agoThe local election agency has set up seven posts across Jakarta to manage complaints from residents on the unauthorized use of their identity by independent pair Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana in fulfilling the candidacy requirements.
20 hours agoMany Jakarta residents have been shocked to find their names were used without their consent to support candidate pair Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana, who are running as independents in the upcoming gubernatorial race.
1 day agoThe local election agency has set up seven posts across Jakarta to manage complaints from residents on the unauthorized use of their identity by independent pair Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana in fulfilling the candidacy requirements.
20 hours agoPeople's Consultative Assembly Speaker Bambang Soesatyo suggests the creation of a cyber force as the fourth branch of the Indonesian Military (TNI).
2 days agoPuan, an Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician, warns against the declining state of Indonesian democracy due to individuals acting more like politicians, who only think about the election, and less like statesmen who work for the nation's future.
2 days agoIn his speech, delivered in the annual People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting at the Senayan legislative complex in South Jakarta, Jokowi acknowledged that he and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin accepted responsibility for any mistakes that their administration had made.
2 days agoDasco said that Ridwan, now a senior politician with the Golkar Party, would be paired with senior Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Suswono.
4 days agoThe Jakarta Education Agency (Disdik) is working to provide 2,650 non-permanent teachers with the opportunity to obtain Individual Work Contract (KKI) status.
1 week agoKaesang also said that he would be ready to join the race in Jakarta if the people in the capital wanted him to run.
1 week agoPolice have named the owner of a preschool in Depok as a suspect of child abuse after video clips of CCTV footage of the incidents under investigation went viral on social media.
2 weeks agoThe Semarang police are still investigating the case, but it is likely that the 30-year-old woman, identified by the initials ARL, was a victim of bullying, as described in a diary found at the scene.
3 days agoFormer GAM commander Muzakir Manaf, who used guerrilla warfare against the Indonesian Military in the late 1990s, was picked by the PDI-P as the party's gubernatorial candidate on a ticket that party chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri deemed a "unity" choice.
4 days agoThe recent suicide of a Diponegoro University medical resident in Semarang, Central Java, allegedly as the result of bullying, is only the tip of the iceberg, the Health Ministry has confirmed, while promising to take stern measures against the deep-seated problem found at medical education institutions across the country.
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