The Police recently detained three women who spread smear campaign against President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in Karawang, More details on them have since been shared. The Police confirmed crystal-clear connection to Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno (Prabowo-Sandi). The said women are members from the so-called Partai Emak-Emak Pendukung Prabowo-Sandi (PEPES), a volunteer group comprised of housewives who support Prabowo-Sandi. The Deputy Chairman of the Gerindra Party Fadli Zon, who is also a member of the Prabowo-Sandi national campaign team (BPN)’s supervisory body, admitted that he’s the adviser of the said volunteer group. Will this case bring sanction and punishment to the pair this time?

The supporters of Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno (Prabowo-Sandi) might be trying to revive Islamic political play. Recently, the supporters of Prabowo-Sandi organized the so-called Munajat 212 (night mass prayer) in the Monas area, Central Jakarta. A smear campaign containing Islamic narratives against incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has also gone viral on social media platforms.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is motivated to earn bigger successes in sports following the success of the 2018 Asian Games. Among his targets is making Indonesia the host of the 2021 MotoGP World Championship and the host of the 2032 Olympics.

The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) will soon hold an extraordinary congress (KLB) to elect its new chairman. The congress was expected to be held after the April 2019 simultaneous presidential and legislative elections, but there’s a possibility that the congress will be held earlier following the Police’s decision to name the acting Chairman of PSSI Joko Driyono a suspect in match fixing allegation.

It was a busy weekend for both presidential pairs. Prabowo Subianto visited East Java and North Sumatera, while his running mate Sandiaga Uno visited Bali. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his running mate KH Ma’ruf Amin, meanwhile, remained in the capital city Jakarta. They received support from a number of volunteer groups before attending the so-called People’s Convention in Bogor (West Java).

The polling agency LSI Denny JA has released the result of their survey on the electability of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his running mate KH Ma’ruf Amin (Jokowi-Amin), as well as the electability of Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno (Prabowo-Sandi) in several regions of Indonesia, one of which is South Sumatera. Jokowi lost South Sumatera to Prabowo back in 2014. Unfortunately for the incumbent pair, LSI has found their electability at 3.6% behind their contender.