The Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan held a wedding ceremony of his daughter for three consecutive days, but we haven’t seen Rizieq Shihab at the wedding. Another thing is, the Governor has yet to visit Rizieq’s residence, unlike two years ago when the latter returned to Indonesia from his self-exile in Saudi Arabia. Why is that?

Today, the General Election Commission (KPU) is scheduled to officially open the registration of political parties for becoming the contestants of the 2024 legislative election. In the meantime, the Secretary General of the ruling party PDIP, Hasto Kristiyanto, revealed that Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri will soon meet with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to discuss the replacement for Tjahjo Kumolo in the cabinet.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has once again asked his supporters not to rush through endorsing any presidential candidate. The statement was delivered by the President during a meeting with his volunteer groups at Bogor Presidential Palace last Friday (July 29).

Early this morning, July 29, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has just returned from his overseas trip to East Asia. The President, accompanied by First Lady Iriana and some cabinet members, visited China, Japan, and South Korea in his East Asia’s trip. Here are some important notes worth highlighting from Jokowi’s trip, especially South Korea.

The former Vice Minister of Agrarian Reform & Spatial Planning Surya Tjandra, who is also a politician from the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), expressed his support for Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to run in 2024 race as a presidential candidate. Surya’s endorsement is worth highlighting in light of the 2024 race. His political party, PSI, is the biggest opposition to Anies in the Jakarta city legislative council (DPRD DKI) along with PDIP.

Gerindra Party, the third largest political party in the House of Representatives (DPR), decided to postpone its National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) from the initial schedule on July 30 to August 13. Prabowo Subianto will declare his 2024 presidential bid in the Rapimnas Gerindra.

Vice President (VP) Ma’ruf Amin, who is also former chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), wishes that another MUI chairman could become a VP or even a President of the Republic in the future. Who’s the VP trying to promote?

The Islamic opposition party PKS challenges the presidential threshold set in the Election Law No. 7/2017 at the Constitutional Court (MK). The Party aims to eliminate the threshold. PKS, as we all know, is in talks with other political parties, including Surya Paloh’s Nasdem Party and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) Democratic Party, to endorse a pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates in 2024 race.

The Mayor of Bogor Bima Arya Sugiarto expressed his support for Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, who is also a politician from the ruling party PDIP, to run in the 2024 presidential race with West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil. Bima Arya’s endorsement is worth highlighting because he’s a key leader of the National Mandate Party (PAN), and his position as the mayor of Bogor makes him close to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.