West Sumatera Election & National Interest
West Sumatera is one of the provinces that will hold a gubernatorial election this year. Islamic party PKS has been controlling the province for the past ten years. Its decade of leadership has transformed West Sumatera to an Islamic province. Can the nationalist parties end PKS’ domination?
The Opposition Parties: Present & Future (1)
The opposition is weak. PKS is facing internal friction with some of its former key leaders separating themselves to establish a new political party. PAN is going through a similar ordeal, but it has something worse going on: its votes have gone down from one legislative election to another.
Jokowi & His Big Ruling Coalition
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is no stranger to challenging situations. Recently, he’s faced with a resurfacing impeachment discourse. Many criticize his administration’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak. It is in such a time that his decision to form a big coalition seems to have paid off.
The Race to become Gibran’s Running Mate
As reported, Achmad Purnomo, who is a PDIP politician and vice mayor of Surakarta, had withdrawn his mayoral bid. With that, the eldest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka is likely to become PDIP’s mayor candidate in the 2020 Surakarta city...
Cabinet Reshuffle Rumor (2)
More names have been mentioned along with the resurfacing rumor of a cabinet reshuffle. The Chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Doni Monardo, for example, has been mentioned as a potential minister. Some, meanwhile, urged the President to...
Cabinet Reshuffle Rumor
PKS politician Mardani Ali Sera, who is also known as one of Jokowi’s biggest critics, talked about a possible cabinet reshuffle at an online discussion held on Sunday (June 7), Mardani responded to the latest survey result released by Indikator Politik Indonesia. As reported, the survey showed that the level of public satisfaction on President Jokowi’s work in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic was declining. Mardani took that as a sign of an upcoming cabinet reshuffle.
Questioning the New Normal
The PP Muhammadiyah, the second largest Muslim organization in Indonesia, continues to question the new normal policy even though President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had invited them to a face-to-face meeting at the State Palace with other inter-religious leaders. The...
The New Electability Survey
The polling agency Indikator Politik Indonesia has released the result of their latest electability survey. Indikator found that the electability of the Chairman of Gerindra Party Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto, who is now the minister of defense, had declined significantly. That said, the retired Army general is still on the lead. Indikator’s survey also found that Prabowo isn’t the only one suffering from declining electability.
Parliamentary Threshold Battle
Political parties in the House of Representatives (DPR) continue to debate over the parliamentary threshold in the amendment of the Election Law No. 7/2017. At the heart of the debate is the idea of major political parties to increase the threshold.
No Retirement for Prabowo
Soon, Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto will be re-elected chairman of the Gerindra Party, the third largest political party in Indonesia. We expect to see the outcome in Gerindra’s chairmanship congress to be held this year. The signal of Prabowo’s reelection is quite clear with the Party’s provincial chapters (DPD I) unanimously asking him to continue leading the Party for five more years.