STUDENTS HOLD RALLIES DURING PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Jakarta, Oct 20 (ANTARA) – Many parties have opposed the nomination of Boediono as vice president even though the former Bank Indonesia governor has tried several times to explain he is not what his critics say about him.    The opposition seems to still exist as shown by the rallies by students and activists in a [...]

YUDHOYONO AWAITING PDIP COALITION STAND

Jakarta, Oct 18 (ANTARA) – Though he has begun on Saturday fit-and-proper tests on some prospective ministers for his second edition United Indonesia Cabinet, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is still waiting for the decision of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) whether or not it will joint his Democratic Party (PD) coalition.

GOLKAR LIKELY O FACE TOUGHER TIMES

Jakarta, Oct 9 (ANTARA) – The Golkar Party is likely to face tougher times ahead as its popular support is unlikely to increase drastically after the party’s chairmanship was won by Aburizal Bakrie who is expected to make the party a government supporter, observers say.   “With the election of Aburizal Bakrie as Golkar chairman [...]

GOLKAR NEEDS REPOSITIONING FOR ITS FUTURE

Jakarta, Oct 7 (ANTARA) – The Golkar Party which is now holding its Eighth Congress in Riau province needs to reposition itself in order to win critical voters ahead and to regain its past glory.      “Golkar has to use the congress as a good momentum to reposition itself because it needs a new position to [...]

NEXT CABINET NEEDS PROFESSIONALS

Jakarta, Sept 8 (ANTARA) – The need to form a small cabinet, embrace a big number of political parties and accommodate professionals may be a difficult issue for President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono before he announces his cabinet lineup in October.
“The president-elect needs to be cautious in making his choice for his cabinet lineup because basically [...]

TOMMY RETURNS TO POLITICS

Jakarta, Aug 18 (ANTARA) – Son of former president Soeharto Hutomo Mandala Putra, or Tommy Soeharto, expressed Tuesday his intention to return to Golkar amid efforts of the former New Order government’s political machine to seek a new leader that could help regain its past glory. “Now is the right time for me to return [...]

POLITICAL ELITES ABANDON FUNDAMENTAL VALUES

Jakarta, May 4 (ANTARA) – Indonesian politics today is lacking in fundamental values as most political party leaders are adopting pragmatism to grab power for short-term interests, political analysts say. Internal rifts within political parties also happen not because of strategic matters but because of bickering over how to [...]

GOLKAR TO DECIDE ON COALITION NEXT WEEK

Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) – Winner of the 2004 legislative election, the Golkar Party, whose voter turnout dropped significantly in last Thursday’s polls, will decide whether to maintain its coalition with the Democratic Party (DP) or to coalesce with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) next week. [...]

PRE-POLLS POLITICAL ALLIANCES FACING UNCERTAINTIES

Jakarta, April 12 (ANTARA) – The idea of forming a golden triangle coalition of the United Development Party (PPP), the Golkar Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is facing uncertainties as PDIP has moved closer to forming a coalition with the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) and the Great [...]

GOLKAR PLAYS PENDULUM FOR PARTY COALITION

Jakarta, April 10 (ANTARA) – With the Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) respectively ranked first and second in Thursday’s legislative elections based on quick counts, Golkar, which was ranked third, can play the pendulum in the middle for the formation of a coalition, political scientists say. [...]