For Indonesia, getting gold medal for football in SEA Games is like winning FIFA World Cup. After 32 years of participation in the largest sporting event in Southeast Asia, Indonesia took the gold medal on Tuesday (May 16) after defeating Thailand. Everybody in the celebratory mood, including President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, who was in Medan (North Sumatra) having ‘durian party’ after watching the game at his son-in-law’s official residence as Medan Mayor.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo made a statement regarding his relationship with media mogul Surya Paloh and the future of ministers from Paloh’s Nasdem Party in the cabinet. Although it’s only a brief one, the President’s statement is still truly worth highlighting. The same day, Attorney General’s Office (AGO) said they haven’t found hard evidence to name Nasdem secretary general Johnny G Plate, who is minister of communications and informatics, as suspect in corruption case at BAKTI Kominfo.

Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla has once again thrown criticism toward President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Kalla, who is also former chairman of Golkar Party, claimed that he never intervened with political parties in regards to the presidential election. Is it really true? Why he did so?

Prabowo Subianto, the chairman of Gerindra Party, was reportedly expected to meet with former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), the supreme leader of Democratic Party, over the weekend, but the meeting didn’t happen. However, one can expect that the meeting will happen soon since both parties are working to find the right moment.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has on Sunday (May 14) attended the final event of the the so-called Musyawarah Rakyat (Musra), a convention held by his volunteer groups. In said event, the President received the final results of the convention, i.e., the list of the most potential presidential and vice presidential candidates for 2024 race. Apart from that, what’s interesting to highlight from the event is the President’s speech.

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?