It’s only two months away ahead of the chairmanship congress of the National Awakening Party (PKB), the fourth largest political party in Indonesia that is strongly affiliated to the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in the country. It seems that Saifullah Yusuf a.k.a Gus Ipul, who once served as the secretary general of PKB, is very eager to challenge Muhaimin Iskandar in the upcoming congress.

Simon Aloysius Mantiri, one of trusted aides of president elect Prabowo Subianto, has just been appointed chairman of state oil and gas company Pertamina. Grace Natalie, known leader of PSI (a party now chaired by Kaesang Pangarep, youngest son of outgoing president Jokowi), meanwhile, has been appointed commissioner of state mining giant MIND ID. 

Hasto Kristiyanto, the secretary general of PDIP, is recently questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in relation to a bribery case with a suspect, Harun Masiku, a PDIP politician who is now a fugitive and his whereabouts remain unknown. The KPK’s examination triggers speculations on the future of PDIP’s secretary general.

We’ve mentioned in previous articles about the possibility of Anies Baswedan and Ridwan Kamil competing against each other in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. It looks like we may indeed watch the fight between Anies and Ridwan in the Jakarta gubernatorial election held on Nov. 27 this year.

The current Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, who is also a senior politician from PDIP, has talked about criteria of the next cabinet secretary during a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II. Pramono’s statement is worth highlighting since people wonder who will become the next cabinet secretary in Prabowo-Gibran’s cabinet.

Some members of Prabowo-Gibran’s national campaign team (TKN) in the 2024 presidential election and those close to the outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo have been appointed as commissioners at state-owned companies (SOEs). Let’s talk a bit about these new commissioners.

The future of Sandiaga Uno in Indonesian politics is a subject of question after his party, the United Development Party (PPP), being excluded from the House of Representatives (DPR) for the next period of 2024-2029 following the Constitutional Court’s (MK) rulings on post-legislative election lawsuits. What will Sandi do next? Will Sandi leave PPP and once again jump ship into another party?

The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected all post-legislative election lawsuits filed by the United Development Party (PPP), one of the oldest Islamic parties in Indonesia. Thus, we can safely say that PPP, which is strongly affiliated to the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in the country, will be excluded from the House of Representatives (DPR) for 2024-2029 period.