Category: Politics

PP Muhammadiyah, the second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, is finally following the footsteps of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in the country, in accepting the odd policy issued by the outgoing President Jokowi, which allows a religion-based mass organization (ormas) to control special mining permit and or special mining concession (WIUPK). Muhammadiyah will announce its official decision tomorrow (Jul. 27) during its National Consolidation meeting held in Yogyakarta.

In a previous article, we’ve talked about our analysis on the strategy of Prabowo-Gibran’s coalition in the 2024 simultaneous regional elections. On Thursday (Jul. 25), Idrus Marham from Golkar, a key member of Prabowo-Gibran’s coalition, confirmed our analysis.

Pretty much as predicted, the selection of the new leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has given the opportunity to both those in power and those in the opposition to put their guys at the helm of the Agency for the next period of 2024-2029. In the previous article, we’ve mentioned two candidates: Sudirman Said, who is known close to Jusuf Kalla and Anies Baswedan, and Ike Edwin, a retired two-star police general and now a politician from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) Democratic Party. In this article, let’s talk about some other candidates worth highlighting for their political connections.

Many interesting things happen in the anniversary event of PKB, held on Tuesday (Jul. 23) night at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Senayan, Central Jakarta. Other than the confession from PKS that the Party wishes to join Prabowo Subianto’s administration, the Acting Chairman of PPP Mardiono also made an interesting statement during the event. Mardiono hopes that Muhaimin Iskandar, the chairman of PKB, is willing to run in the gubernatorial election this year. Both PPP and PKB are the two Islamic parties strongly affiliated to the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia.

Two survey results released by Litbang Kompas and Proximity showed that Khofifah Indar Parawansa is still leading the poll in East Java, with Tri Rismaharini trailing behind the incumbent. Will we see Khofifah compete head-to-head against Risma in this year’s gubernatorial election in East Java?

In previous articles, we’ve talked about some candidates, including Sudirman Said, participating in the selection of the new leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for 2024-2029 period. Now, let’s delve into the profile of some more candidates, especially those who come from the National Police (POLRI) and the Attorney General Office (AGO).

The outgoing President Jokowi, whose son Gibran Rakabuming will soon be sworn in as the new vice president, witnessed the three new vice ministers taking the oath of office on Thursday (Jul. 18). Two of them are Thomas Aquinas Muliatna Djiwandono, the nephew of President-elect Prabowo Subianto, and Sudaryono, former personal assistant of Prabowo.

Former Vice President (VP) Jusuf Kalla expressed his endorsement for Sudirman Said in the selection of the new leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for 2024-2029 period. Sudirman, former Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (ESDM), has been registered as one among 318 candidates for becoming the new leaders of KPK.