UGM expert Dr. Abdul Gaffar Karim urges that proposals for new special regions must prioritize public welfare over elite interests, warning against political motives and calling for a compre...
Indonesian Politics
President Prabowo Subianto and Megawati Soekarnoputri, Indonesia’s fifth president and Chair of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), held a closed-door meeting last Tuesday ...
Tempo’s newsroom has been terrorized by a package containing a pig’s head and rat carcasses sent to one of its journalists.
The 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections (Pilkada) results highlight the latest political dynamics. The Department of Politics and Government (DPP) of the UGM Faculty of Social and Political...
Revising the electoral law has become an urgent effort to improve the implementation of democracy after the 1998 reforms. One significant issue in the current electoral system is the strong ...
President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated 481 regional heads in a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Thursday (Feb. 20).
Following the Constitutional Court’s (MK) decision to abolish the presidential candidacy threshold, the debate over removing the parliamentary threshold has sparked both pros and cons.
Since Feb. 1, 2025, the government has officially prohibited the sale of subsidized 3-kilogram Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) canisters at retailers. The 3-kg gas may only be sold at Pertamin...
UGM economist Dr. Dumairy stated that it is still too early to subjectively assess the economic performance of the Red and White Cabinet, as not all of the current cabinet’s programs are n...
As the inauguration of the president and vice president on Oct. 20, 2024, approaches, the public has been eagerly speculating about the composition of the Prabowo-Gibran cabinet.
The 2024 Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) are causing excitement across various regions. Political parties have submitted candidates in different areas to participate in this contest.
Indonesia is currently facing a polycrisis, a political crisis characterized by declining democratic values, digital disruption, environmental crisis, and deterioration of public economic we...