The administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will have the opportunity to appoint acting regional heads to lead 271 regions once the incumbent heads of said regions end their term in 2022 and 2023. The debate is whether or not the Jokowi administration can...

The Secretary General of the Golkar Party Lt. Gen. (ret) Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus has been widely mentioned as the frontrunner to replace Azis Syamsuddin as the new deputy speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR). Lodewijk is known for being close to General...

The Military Commander (Panglima TNI) Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto calmly responded to his predecessor General (ret) Gatot Nurmantyo on Monday (Sept. 27). The latter had mentioned that the communist ideology could have infiltrated the Indonesian Military (TNI)....

The lawyers of Haris Azhar (the executive director of Lokataru & former coordinator of KontraS) and Fatia Maulidiyanti (the current coordinator of KontraS) said that they would reveal the data that led to the allegation that General (ret) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the Coordinating Minister of Maritime & Investment, is behind in the Wabu Block. The Wabu Block is a gold mine in Intan Jaya, Papua that was once operated by PT Freeport Indonesia, but it has been handed over to the Central Government.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Azis Syamsuddin was finally named a suspect for brokering cases. The Corruption Eradication Commission detained him on Sept. 24. The question now is: who will replace Azis as speaker of the DPR?

A number of political parties, including those in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s ruling coalition, defended Anies against harsh criticism lobbed by Giring Ganesha, the Chairman of PSI Party. It shows that many political parties still back Anies Baswedan even though the Jakarta Governor is under the scrutiny of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The question is: will said parties continue to support Anies in the future?

The popular Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo, who is also a politician from the ruling party PDIP, stated that he had not been thinking about the 2024 presidential race. The Governor said that he was still focused on conducting his duties and that matters concerning PDIP and the 2024 race are the domain of Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri.

The Coordinating Minister for Maritime & Investment Affairs General (ret) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan reported two activists from two watchdog groups to the Police on account of defamation. Luhut is the second member of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s cabinet that have resorted to such a measure after the Chief of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) General (ret) Moeldoko.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Azis Syamsuddin, who is also the deputy chairman of Golkar Party, has been implicated in a case brokering scandal investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission. The biggest question now is: what kind of political implications would follow if Azis were named a suspect?