The plan to revise the Law No. 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (TNI) is another hot topic in the town, following the rejection from civil society groups. The revision on the Law 34/2004 itself is now still being drafted at the TNI’s headquarters.

The race begins. Ruling party PDIP and its adversary, Nasdem Party, registered their lawmaker candidates for the 2024 legislative election on Thursday (May 11) and the two parties even arrived at the General Election Commission’s (KPU) office at the same time. Let’s look into some lawmaker candidates that are worth highlighting from both parties.

Democratic Party is still busy criticizing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo nine days after the President’s meeting with the members of the ruling coalition excluding Nasdem at the State Palace Jakarta. The Party criticizes President Jokowi for not being neutral in regards to the 2024 presidential race. But look who’s talking?

Golkar Party is competing with the Islamic party PKB to get the running mate position of Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 presidential election. Who will eventually run with Prabowo in 2024 race: Airlangga Hartarto or Muhaimin Iskandar?

The volunteer groups of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo have collected the final results of the so-called Musyawarah Rakyat (Musra) that had been held in 30 provinces across the country. Musra is a convention organized by Jokowi’s volunteer groups to help the President find the most potential presidential and vice presidential candidates for 2024 race. The question is whether the results of the Musra are still relevant since the ruling party PDIP, the President’s political party, has officially nominated Ganjar Pranowo as presidential candidate.

The tension is heating up between Nasdem, a political party led by media mogul Surya Paloh, whose media outlets have aggressively aired indirect campaigns of Anies Baswedan, and the other members of the ruling coalition. Will it lead Nasdem to leave the coalition?

New poll from the Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) found that Prabowo Subianto led the poll with a razor-thin margin above Ganjar Pranowo. Anies Baswedan, meanwhile, was left behind with a significant margin. Let’s talk a bit about this new poll.

Media mogul Surya Paloh, who is the chairman of Nasdem Party, responded to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s recent statement. Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who is known as Paloh’s political ally, also made a similar response to the President.