Media attention on Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has only intensified ever since the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) declared him as its presidential nominee. The aim now is to solicit the names of Jokowi’s potential running-mate from the man of the hour himself. The only problem with that approach is that Jokowi won’t be the person calling the shots. The chairwoman of PDI-P Megawati Soekarnoputri will be the one to decide on who shall be Jokowi’s pair. So the question should be, how will Megawati decide? What’s on her mind?

PT Fortune Indonesia Tbk (FORU) is one of the most well-known marketing and communication services companies in Indonesia. The company was established by Mochtar Lubis and six other people in 1970. FORU provides advertising services, public relation services, travel marketing and multimedia services.

Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana (Tutut), daughter of the late president Soeharto, continues her fight to get back TV station TPI from Harry Tanoesoedibjo’s Media Nusantara Citra (MNCN). This is an interesting battle in the context of current politics and future of both among Indonesian leaders.

A number of companies have laid off their workers following the implementation of the mineral export ban policy. The Government has been reluctant to admit this. The Director General for Mineral and Coal, R. Sukhyar, played the semantics card with Yosef Ardi News. R. Sukhyar admitted of receiving reports about layoffs in West Kalimantan and Sulawesi, but the Director General insisted that they’re not classified as mass layoffs. What’s the state of this affair today?

Various media outlets have published reports critical of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s leave of absence. The President decided to take a few days off to campaign and that’s apparently a big no-no. But when Governor of Jakarta Joko “Jokowi” Widodo also took a day off to visit the final resting place of the late President Soekarno in East Java, the media didn’t seem to be as punishing as they were with the President. Meanwhile, in Jokowi’s absence, Vice Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama appears seemingly estranged from and frustrated with the performance of his staff. What’s going on, Jakarta?

Riau Regional police (Polda) has named PT Nasional Sago Prima (NSP), subsidiary of Sampoerna Agro (SGRO)—controlled by Sampoerna Family, suspect in forest fire incidents in Riau Province, which sent out smog to neighboring countries like Singapore and Malaysia. SGRO’s shares dropped 3.3% Wednesday but on thin trading volume.

Five days ago, in a cabinet meeting, President SBY reminded his cabinet members to remain focused on their official duties. But on Wednesday (Mar. 12), the president failed to lead by example. President SBY, who is also Chairman of the Democratic Party, decided to take official leave in order to join other leaders from his party to go on the campaign trail.

There are those who are eager to hear the news of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s nomination as the presidential candidate of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). These are the people who believe that Jokowi can change the nation for the better. We wonder how widely this eagerness is shared. We spoke to a family of factory workers in Jakarta and listened to what they have to say.

Hary’s country-wide political tour raised a few questions, one of which is whether or not Hary helped finance the tour. We don’t know just how much Hary contributed to Hanura. But the fact is that Hanura is the political party with the third largest campaign fund behind Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party and President SBY’s Democratic Party. According to Hanura’s campaign fund report submitted to the General Election Commission last week, its campaign fund reached Rp241 billion.

We’ve talked a lot about Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, because both of them are the strongest figures in today’s assumed pool of presidential candidates. But we haven’t really talked at great length about Hary Tanosoedibjo. The media mogul is, after all, Hanura party’s vice presidential candidate.. Hary Tanoe matters not because he has a chance at winning 2014 — it’s unlikely. Hary matters because of his future in politics and the extent to which it would impact his companies.