Akbar Tanjung, former chairman of Golkar Party, expressed his support to Anies Baswedan, who has been nominated as presidential candidate by Nasdem Party. Meanwhile, some local leaders of Nasdem Party in the regions resigned from the Party because of their disagreement over Anies’ nomination. This development is worth highlighting ahead of 2024 race because political breakups and new alliances are part of the fanfare of an election.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo made some quick decisions and important moves soon after the tragedy at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java that killed 131 supporters of Arema Malang FC. The President visited Malang on Wednesday (Oct 5) to directly checking the...

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), a small political party outside of the House of Representatives (DPR), declared its support for Ganjar Pranowo to run in 2024 race as presidential candidate. Another support came from the Islamic United Development Party’s (PPP)...

While Nasdem Party declared Anies Baswedan as its presidential candidate for 2024 election in an event held in Jakarta, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was in Batang Regency, Central Java to inaugurate some major investments, accompanying by governor Ganjar Pranowo, frontrunner in most surveys. The meeting is worth highlighting given its timing and knowing the President’s relationship with the Ganjar.

Anies Baswedan has been officially nominated by Nasdem Party as its presidential candidate for 2024 election. Nasdem, led by media mogul Surya Paloh, is the fourth largest political party in the House of Representatives (DPR).

A pollster, Indikator Politik Indonesia, found Ganjar Pranowo leading the poll with significant margin over Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan. Puan Maharani, meanwhile, her electability remains insignificant despite aggressive ‘campaign posters’ nationwide. Interestingly, the pollster also found that the Central Java governor can defeat Prabowo and Anies, the outgoing Jakarta governor, in all simulations of three-horse race, except when the Governor being paired up with Puan.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered the chief of the National Police (Kapolri) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to launch investigation into the tragedy at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java that killed 131 supporters. The President also ordered the Indonesian...

The Saiful Mujani Research & Consulting (SMRC) released another part of the results from its latest survey. The pollster found that Ganjar Pranowo gave more electoral effect to the PDIP compared to Puan Maharani. It is a relevant finding because in 2024, the presidential election will be held simultaneously with the legislative and the regional elections.

The House of Representatives (DPR) decided not to extend the term of Aswanto and as a replacement, they appointed M Guntur Hamzah as the new judge of the Constitutional Court (MK). This decision was taken all of a sudden and, unlike previous changes, there’s no selection process and a fit & proper test to find the replacement this time. What’s going on?