News stories by Warief Djajanto Basorie

JAKARTA, Dec 08 (IPS) - In just over a day, on 9 December, Indonesia holds 270 simultaneous local elections for executive office. This involves nine of the republic’s 34 governors, 224 of 416 bupati (district chiefs) and 37 of 98 mayors. The polling was initially scheduled for 23 September but the independent KPU (General Elections Commission) put the date back to 9 December due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

JAKARTA, May 12 (IPS) - Remove one word in the narrative. You hit your target with a two-year jail sentence.