Parliamentary voting begins in Indonesia

Parliamentary voting begins in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, chairman of Golkar, and his wife Mufidah chat with local people after casting their ballots in parliamentary elections in Jakarta on April 9.

Elections in Indonesia

Elections in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Aburizal Bakrie (R), head of the Golkar Party, waves to supporters in Jakarta on March 18, 2014. Indonesia's parliamentary elections will be held on April 9.

Habibie supporters campaign in Jakarta

Habibie supporters campaign in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Supporters of Indonesian President B.J. Habibie campaign on Oct. 13 in front of the head office of the ruling Golkar party for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

Habibie wins party nomination for presidential election

Habibie wins party nomination for presidential election

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (L) shakes hands with ruling party Golkar Chairman Akbar Tanjung after being nominated candidate for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

Key Indonesian politicians vow to set up new gov't

Key Indonesian politicians vow to set up new gov't

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Megawati Sukarnoputri (L), presidential front-runner, of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), confers with Armed Forces Chief Gen. Wiranto (R), who is tipped to be the ruling Golkar party's vice presidential candidate, in Jakarta on Sept. 28. They pledged to establish a new ''legitimate'' government peacefully once the country's highest legislative body, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), convenes Oct. 1 to elect president and vice president.

Megawati's party holds lead as votes trickle in

Megawati's party holds lead as votes trickle in

The Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan) remains comfortably ahead of the ruling Golkar party June 10 with 10.2% of the votes cast in the June 7 parliamentary election counted.

Vote counting slow

Vote counting slow

Indonesia's ruling Golkar party Chairman Akbar Tanjung talks to reporters at his party headquarters in Jakarta on June 8. He said his party will ask the election commission to explain why the vote counting was so slow. With only less than 3 percent of the votes in Monday's election counted, Golkar was trailing third after the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle and the National Awakening Party.

Indonesians head to polls in historic vote

Indonesians head to polls in historic vote

The photo shows Indonesians in the suburbs of Jakarta voting June 7 in the first election since the fall of former President Suharto, and the country's first open and transparent election in 44 years. In choosing from among 48 political parties, Indonesian voters are being afforded an unprecedented opportunity to render their verdict on the ruling Golkar party's decades-long domination of the Indonesian political scene.

Islamic leader in Indonesia talks to Kyodo

Islamic leader in Indonesia talks to Kyodo

Abdurrahman Wahid, chairman of Indonesia's biggest Islamic party, gives an interview to Kyodo News on Dec. 2 while ill in bed at his home in Jakarta. The chairman of the 40-million-member Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) said the popular Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) may be able to compete with the ruling Golkar party in the next general election scheduled for June 7 next year.

INDONESIA-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

INDONESIA-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

(220901) -- JAKARTA, Sept. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao (R), head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 31, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

Parliamentary voting begins in Indonesia

Parliamentary voting begins in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, chairman of Golkar, and his wife Mufidah chat with local people after casting their ballots in parliamentary elections in Jakarta on April 9. (Kyodo)

Key Indonesian politicians vow to set up new gov't

Key Indonesian politicians vow to set up new gov't

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Megawati Sukarnoputri (L), presidential front-runner, of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), confers with Armed Forces Chief Gen. Wiranto (R), who is tipped to be the ruling Golkar party's vice presidential candidate, in Jakarta on Sept. 28. They pledged to establish a new ''legitimate'' government peacefully once the country's highest legislative body, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), convenes Oct. 1 to elect president and vice president.

Habibie supporters campaign in Jakarta

Habibie supporters campaign in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Supporters of Indonesian President B.J. Habibie campaign on Oct. 13 in front of the head office of the ruling Golkar party for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

Habibie wins party nomination for presidential election

Habibie wins party nomination for presidential election

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (L) shakes hands with ruling party Golkar Chairman Akbar Tanjung after being nominated candidate for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

Megawati's party holds lead as votes trickle in

Megawati's party holds lead as votes trickle in

The Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan) remains comfortably ahead of the ruling Golkar party June 10 with 10.2% of the votes cast in the June 7 parliamentary election counted.

Vote counting slow

Vote counting slow

Indonesia's ruling Golkar party Chairman Akbar Tanjung talks to reporters at his party headquarters in Jakarta on June 8. He said his party will ask the election commission to explain why the vote counting was so slow. With only less than 3 percent of the votes in Monday's election counted, Golkar was trailing third after the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle and the National Awakening Party.

Indonesians head to polls in historic vote

Indonesians head to polls in historic vote

The photo shows Indonesians in the suburbs of Jakarta voting June 7 in the first election since the fall of former President Suharto, and the country's first open and transparent election in 44 years. In choosing from among 48 political parties, Indonesian voters are being afforded an unprecedented opportunity to render their verdict on the ruling Golkar party's decades-long domination of the Indonesian political scene.

Islamic leader in Indonesia talks to Kyodo

Islamic leader in Indonesia talks to Kyodo

Abdurrahman Wahid, chairman of Indonesia's biggest Islamic party, gives an interview to Kyodo News on Dec. 2 while ill in bed at his home in Jakarta. The chairman of the 40-million-member Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) said the popular Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) may be able to compete with the ruling Golkar party in the next general election scheduled for June 7 next year.

Ruling Golkar party proposes hou

Ruling Golkar party proposes hou

A faction of Indonesia's ruling Golkar party in the People's Consultative Assembly proposes Saturday Nov. 21 that former President Suharto be put under house arrest and an independent body be established to investigate his personal wealth. ''We propose that an independent body be set up to examine policies taken by former President Suharto under his government and his personal wealth,'' Marzuki Darusman (R), chairman of the party's faction in the country's highest constitutional body, said at a news conference in Jakarta. ==Kyodo