Prabowo & His Overseas Trips
Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto, who is also the chairman of Gerindra Party, is visiting foreign countries, looking to purchase military equipment to modernize the country’s primary weapons system (Alutsista). He has visited eight countries, and it’s clear that he’s not stopping anytime soon. The countries he has visited in the past three months:
Jokowi’s Second Term: Notes (3)
In previous articles, we’ve talked about some worrying issues to note in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second term, including the President himself and his sons. Now let’s talk about the President’s political party PDIP.
Jakarta Vice Governorship Race: Gerindra v PKS
The Gerindra Party, a political party led by Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto, announced the two Jakarta vice governor candidates from the Party and its former political ally PKS. The candidates will compete in the election organized by the city’s legislative council (DPRD) this month. That said, PKS didn’t attend the announcement event.
PAN’s Chairmanship Congress: Zulkifli v Amien
The rumor of a friction between the Chairman of PAN Zulkifli Hasan and the former PAN Chairman Amien Rais is spreading ahead of PAN’s chairmanship congress (scheduled to be held next month). Amien, PAN founder and father-in-law of Zulkifli’s daughter, reportedly endorses another chairman candidate to challenge Zulkifli in the said congress.
Airlangga’s Golkar & the Brokenhearted
As predicted, the supporters of Bambang Soesatyo a.k.a Bamsoet are disappointed. They feel that the Chairman of Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto has not accommodated them enough in the new lineup of the Party’s central executive board (DPP). They also criticized Airlangga for favoring his family members and his supporters instead. This brokenhearted group could create a new tension in the Party.
Jokowi’s Second Term: Notes (2)
There are some worrying issues to note in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second term. In the previous article, we talked about the President himself. Now let’s talk about his sons.
Jokowi’s Second Term: Notes (1)
Three months have passed since the start of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second term. We have expected an increase in governance speed, but instead things have gone slow. There are also worrying issues to note.
PDIP & Power Struggle Rumor
Rumor about a power struggle in the ruling party PDIP is making its way around following the bribery case involving the Commissioner of the General Election Commission (KPU) Wahyu Setiawan and the PDIP lawmaker candidate Harun Masiku.
Golkar’s New Lineup
The Golkar Party, the second largest political party, has on Wednesday (Jan. 15) announced the new lineup of the Party’s central executive board (DPP) for the 2019-2024 period. The former Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who is also former chairman of Golkar, has been excluded from the lineup. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, on the other hand, is still the head of the Party’s supervisory board.
Parliamentary Threshold: The Debates
PDIP’s plan to increase the parliamentary threshold has triggered debates among political parties even though the deliberation of the amendment of the Election Law No. 7/2017 has not yet begun. Election watchdogs oppose the ruling party’s plan for they believe that increasing the threshold is not an effective way of reducing the number of political parties.