The Golkar Party has officially nominated Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, who is also President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s son-in-law, to contest the North Sumatra governor post in the upcoming regional head elections in November.

Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Hadi Tjahjanto, who leads the newly established anti-online gambling task force, said on Wednesday that his team was investigating how fraudulent bank accounts and payment services at mini-marts allegedly had been used for online gambling.

The political parties behind the victory of president-elect Prabowo Subianto plan to join hands once again for the upcoming regional head elections in key regions in Java, which look increasingly like showdowns between candidates aligned with both the incoming and outgoing governments and those considered outsiders.

The United Development Party (PPP) has dismissed the possibility of holding a snap party poll this year, amid growing calls to unseat acting chairman Muhamad Mardiono following the party's crushing defeat in the February legislative election.

The Islam-based party is mulling over potentially backing Marzuki Mustamar, brother to the PKB chair and former NU East Java head, to run in the province’s regional head race against NU colleague Khofifah’s reelection bid.

.Labor rights organizations have urged the House of Representatives to kick start the deliberation of the domestic worker protection bill before the end of its tenure in October, fearing that the long awaited piece of legislation will face a significant setback if lawmakers fail to do so.

The Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) over its petition requesting a revote for the Gorontalo Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) election in two regencies, because four big- and mid-sized parties failed to meet the minimum quota of 30 percent for female candidates in the February poll.

Indonesia has strict rules that ban the sharing online of content deemed obscene. 

Several ministries and government bodies have requested larger budgets to facilitate their relocation to the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) next year, a President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo legacy project that has been hampered by delays, lack of investment and land acquisition problems.

Outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s reported plan for a cabinet reshuffle, one that might see his former party the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) ousted, is unlikely to happen as analysts warn it would destabilize the transition to his successor's incoming government.

Indonesia could copy India with its Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) scheme to deal with dual citizenship issues among Indonesians in the diaspora who want to return, Yasonna said.

The legal team for a staffer who works for PDI-P secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto has urged Komnas HAM to summons the National Police chief over the seizure of the staffer’s mobile phone.

The communications minister gave an elusive reply when asked about a potential cabinet reshuffle just four months before Jokowi's second and final term ends, saying only that it was an open possibility.

The Jakarta gubernatorial race is shaping up as a battle between Anies and Ridwan, with political parties already lining up behind either of the two prospective candidates.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) is gearing up to hold revotes or vote recounts in over 20 regions across the country following a series of Constitutional Court rulings that annulled a variety of results of the February legislative elections.

After months of speculation, PAN has joined the Gerindra fold to back the Medan mayor as its gubernatorial ticket for North Sumatra in November's regional head elections.

The PKB's Jakarta branch is touting the President's youngest son and PSI chair as the running mate of Anies, who has no party affiliation and is rumored to be staging a comeback after his February loss with a reelection bid for the Jakarta governorship.

Zulkifli, the trade minister who is also PAN chairman and known to be a vocal supporter of Luthfi, has nominated the Central Java Police chief as his ministry's inspector general, reviving public debate on active police and military personnel filling civil service posts.

Gibran, who currently serves as mayor of Central Java city of Surakarta said that the distribution of the book has taken place in the past four years long before he ran as vice president in the Feb. 14 presidential election.

The Constitutional Court has granted numerous petitions filed by losing legislative candidates and political parties challenging the results of the February legislative elections and ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) to hold a revote and vote recounting in over a dozen regions across the country.

The Constitutional Court ordered a revote in the legislative election for the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) seat in West Sumatra with the inclusion of former graft convict and former DPD speaker Irman Gusman on the candidate list after the poll body previously rejected his participation in the February poll.

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko said President Jokowi’s administration had begun drafting a presidential letter in which the country's top man would name a handful of ministers to represent him during the bills’ deliberations at the House.

Several relatives of Jokowi were included in the appointments, drawing public attention and raising questions about their fitness for the jobs and the persistence of nepotism in Indonesian democracy.

Regardless of the public backlash against Tapera, government-run home savings schemes are nothing new: Here is a glance at similar programs in a handful of countries across the Asia-Pacific.

The KPK says its investigators are on the verge of capturing graft fugitive and former PDI-P politician Harun Masiku, who has been on the run for four years, while party chief Hasto has leveled accusations of maltreatment against investigators for his treatment during questioning.

The Golkar Party is among the parties that have yet to decide on their stance regarding the latest proposal to amend the 1945 Constitution despite senior party politician and MPR speaker Bambang Soesatyo being among the first to raise the proposal last week.

House lawmakers are split over the latest call to amend the Constitution made by Amien Rais, a former MPR speaker and staunch Jokowi critic, with those in opposition warning of democratic backsliding and Prabowo's Gerindra yet to indicate its stance.