The State Palace denied the rumor that some ministers might leave President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s cabinet. The State Palace stated that all ministers remain solid and united behind the President until the end of the President’s term. Let’s talk a bit about this ongoing rumor.

Nine months to leaving office (disgracefully?), Jokowi kicked off construction of a mosque capable of accommodating 61,000 worshipers at the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimantan. The mosque, he said, should be completed end of this year. IKN Authority, interestingly said that the State Mosque is one of 28 projects to be ‘functional’ by June. What are they trying to say? Why the rush?

Two pollsters, LSI Denny JA and Indikator Politik Indonesia, released the result of their respective electability survey on Thursday (Jan. 18). Both of them found that Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka were still leading the race by a big margin, but it was not enough to seal a victory in one round.

In the previous installment of the article, we’ve predicted that the competition in Central Java, especially between Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD and Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka in 2024 race might be more exciting to watch following President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s political break-up from the ruling party PDIP. Litbang Kompas, the research division of Kompas, the largest newspaper in Indonesia, has just released the results of its survey, in which they indeed found a tight competition between Ganjar-Mahfud and Prabowo-Gibran in Central Java.

This weekend, the three vice presidential candidates will once again engage in a debate scheduled to be held at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Senayan, Central Jakarta. Let’s talk a bit about this next debate. The second and last round of debate between the...

The three presidential pairs will attend an event held by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today (Jan. 17). In the event, the three presidential pairs will talk about their commitment and strategy on preventing and eradicating corruption. The event is worth...

Outgoing president Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted he just knew about substantially low index of higher education in Indonesia vis-a-vis Vietnam and Malaysia in a meeting with a forum of university leaders on Monday (Jan 15). He promised to organize a meeting, presumably with cabinet members, to take necessary policy to address the issue. What has he done in nine years in office?

We’ve reported about an impeachment attempt on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo from the so-called Petition 100. Apart from the impeachment attempt, there are some lawsuits filed against the President and his eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is running in the 2024 presidential race as Prabowo Subianto’s running mate. Those lawsuits have been submitted by some ex-1998 activists together with the advocates from Tim Pembela Demokrasi Indonesia (TPDI) or the Indonesian Democracy Defense Team as their lawyers. TPDI is strongly affiliated to the ruling party PDIP.

Christmas celebration organized by ministry of state-owned enterprises has drawn criticism from civil society groups and netizens. In the event, minister of state-owned enterprises Erick Thohir indirectly issued statement ‘endorsing’ Prabowo Subianto, a president candidate. Prabowo was the only president candidate invited to the event.