Said Abdullah, one executive head of the ruling party PDIP, came up with some odd idea of pairing Ganjar Pranowo with Anies Baswedan. No matter how odd it is, the idea is worth highlighting regardless. Nasdem and PKS, two of the three parties that are endorsing Anies, have also given their response to this idea.

The fifth President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is also the chairperson of the ruling party PDIP, addressed some important issues, including about her relationship with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Megawati ensured that the rumor saying there’s a friction between her and President Jokowi is untrue, and that her relationship with the President is fine.

A meeting between Puan Maharani, House Speaker and daughter of PDI-P supreme leader Megawati Soekarnoputri, and Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (senior politician from Golkar Party, trusted man of President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo) might be the most important political event on Sunday, August 20.

In previous articles, we’ve talked about some ministers and retired generals that will participate in the next year’s legislative election as lawmaker candidates from the ruling party PDIP and Nasdem, a political party led by media mogul Surya Paloh. This time, let’s talk about lawmaker candidates from the other party that are worth highlighting. One of them is former Chief of the National Police’s Investigation Division (Kabareskrim) Police Comr. Gen. (ret) Susno Duadji, who will compete in the 2024 legislative election as a lawmaker candidate from PKB, an Islamic party strongly affiliated to the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU).

Unlike the other pollsters, Litbang Kompas, the research division of the largest newspaper in Indonesia, found Ganjar Pranowo leading the poll with a razor-thin margin above Prabowo Subianto. In a head-to-head simulation, however, Ganjar lost to Prabowo with more than five-percent margin.

Dedy Ansary, said secretary of Indonesia Moeda, an organization of volunteers supporting Erick Thohir (minister of state-owned enterprises), has just met Sasha Tutuko, politician from Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party, who is also coordinator of Gerakan Milenial Indonesia (GMI), a volunteer group of Prabowo.

There’s an interesting moment worth highlighting during the commemoration of the Independence Day at the State Palace Jakarta on Thursday (Aug 17). It is the moment when Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chairperson of the ruling party PDIP, met with Prabowo Subianto, the chairman of Gerindra Party.