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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Naima Khairiya Ismah started being bombarded by social media posts from candidates for Indonesia’s presidential election on before she’d even given voting any thought.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Indonesia's election body secured parliament's nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have been furious over an attempt by allies of outgoing President Joko Widodo to change eligibility requirements in their favour.
Indonesian legislators have backed down from plans to ignore the country’s Constitutional Court over a controversial electoral ruling, as demonstrators attempted to storm parliament in protest against the proposals.
JAKARTA — Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday (Aug 22) after protesters in the capital set fires and faced down tear gas and water cannon over legislation they say would weaken opponents of the outgoing president and his successor.
Protesters gathered on Thursday outside the parliament building in Jakarta with some waving banners accusing Jokowi of destroying democracy. Kompas TV footage shows authorities firing tear gas at protesters in Semarang, the capital of Central Java province. Security forces fired a water cannon outside parliament at protesters, a Reuters witness said.
Last Thursday, the NasDem party, which accounts for nearly 10 per cent of the country’s parliament, announced it would support Prabowo’s Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM), raising its stake in parliament from 43 per cent to a majority 52 per cent.
JAKARTA — Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has secured a parliamentary majority after the party that backed his rival in the February elections announced it was joining his big-tent coalition.
JAKARTA — An Indonesian court has sentenced a comedian to seven months in prison for a joke he made about the name 'Muhammad', court documents showed, intensifying concerns over blasphemy laws in one of the world's most populous Muslim nations.
An Indonesian court has sentenced a comedian to seven months in prison for a joke he made about the name “Muhammad”, court documents showed, intensifying concerns over blasphemy laws in one of the world’s most populous Muslim nations.