Police Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, former chief of the National Police’s Internal Affairs Division (Kadiv Propam POLRI), has been named suspect in the murder case of his own adjutant, Brigadier Nofriansyah Yoshua Hutabarat, or widely known as Brigadier J. The Police Chief (Kapolri) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo was the one who announced the status of Ferdy Sambo in the murder case.

The Chief of the National Police (Kapolri) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has officiated a special job rotation that affects 15 high and middle-rank police officers, including Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, on Thursday (Aug 4). In a press briefing, General Sigit stated that the job rotation is a follow-up to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s instruction to reveal the truth behind the fatal police shooting that resulted in the death of Brigadier J.

The Military Commander (Panglima TNI) General Andika Perkasa has officiated another round of job rotation. The rotation affects 113 high-ranking military officers, including two territorial commanders. The rotation is worth highlighting in the light of the upcoming succession of military commander, and 2024 elections.

The Deputy Chairman of Golkar Party Bambang Soesatyo a.k.a Bamsoet revealed that his party decided to nominate its party chairman Airlangga Hartarto as presidential candidate for the 2024 race. The question is, did all key leaders of Golkar really support the...

The stages of the 2024 simultaneous presidential, legislative, and regional elections have started since June 14, 2022. Recently, the General Election Commission (KPU) has opened the registration for political parties seeking to participate in the 2024 elections. Let’s talk about some important dates in the stages and the schedules of the 2024 elections set by KPU, and some political implications that may come out of the schedules.

Ten political parties have registered themselves to the General Election Commission (KPU) to participate in the 2024 simultaneous presidential, legislative, and regional elections. One of them is the so-called Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara (PKN) or the Awakening Nusantara Party, a new political party led by I Gede Pasek Suardika. Pasek, who is known close to former Chairman of Democratic Party Anas Urbaningrum, wishes Anas to join his political party once the latter is released from prison this year.

Some predicted that Anies Baswedan and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) will likely run together in the 2024 presidential race with the backing from a coalition of Nasdem, Democratic Party, and PKS. This prediction was based on what they believed as a signal during the wedding of Anies’ daughter, in which AHY sat in the same table with the Chairman of Nasdem Party Surya Paloh and former Chairman of PKS Sohibul Iman.

Jakarta will lose its special status once President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo issues a Presidential Decree (Keppres) on the transfer of the position, function, and role of the capital city to IKN Nusantara, the new capital city in East Kalimantan. The province might have its area expanded if the House of Representatives (DPR) accommodates the unification idea of the Jakarta Raya (the Greater Jakarta) in the upcoming revision of Law No. 29/2007.