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JAKARTA (ANN/STRAITS TIMES) – Indonesia’s Minister of Security Affairs and vice-presidential candidate, Mahfud MD, announced his resignation on January 31. His chief campaign spokesman characterised the move as a protest against perceived bias from parties openly taking sides in the upcoming February 14 general election. Indonesia is preparing for a three-way presidential election featuring Defense […]

The three main candidates contesting Indonesia's presidential elections this month are proposing to bolster government coffers by creating a new tax collection agency, despite scepticism from the tax and business community. Policymakers in Southeast Asia's largest economy have long considered the creation of a more powerful tax institution to tackle the problem of chronically weak revenue collection, even as they have failed to address simpler solutions such as widening the tax base. ...

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) signed Presidential Decree Number 20/P of 2024 concerning the Respectful Dismissal of Mohammad Mahfud MD as Coordinating ...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will decide the replacement for Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, in the ...

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) affirmed that the House of Representatives (DPR) had approved the government's use of a portion of the State Budget (APBN) ...

President Director of State Logistics Agency (Bulog), Bayu Krisnamurthi, emphasized that the distribution of rice assistance is free from any political ...

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The country’s second-most populous province is also a stronghold of the country’s largest and most influential Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama.

Candidates and voters have realized sectarian rhetoric is not electorally beneficial, analysts say.

AFP – Joko Widodo has led Indonesia for a nearly a decade pledging to do things differently, but he stands accused of manoeuvring to build his own political dynasty in next month’s presidential vote in a country long known for its nepotistic politics. The incumbent president is barred from a third term but remains hugely […]