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2009 Indonesian Elections Followed The Democratic Script

For Indonesia, the decade now passing has been marked by the transition to democracy. In fits and starts, with all the usual growing pains, the country has come to be known as the most stable democracy in Southeast Asia. Our neighbors in Malaysia and Singapore live with curbs on civil liberties — like press freedom — that stunt the political process and keep opposition movements weak. Thailand has been going through political turmoil in the years following its 2006 military coup. In the Philippines, political killings, like the recent massacre related to local political rivalries in Mindanao, make that system seem both shaky and brutal. 9:28pm Dec 30, 2009

Bawaslu Smells a Rat in KPU’s Listing Of Questionable Legislative Candidates

The Elections Supervisory Board on Tuesday finished an investigation of legislative candidates who were allegedly unqualified. 11:07pm Sep 8, 2009

Errors Could Cause 4 Candidates to Lose House Seats

Four legislative candidates announced as winners by the General Elections Commission would have to sit out the inauguration scheduled for Oct. 1 if the Elections Supervisory Board has its way. 12:50am Sep 7, 2009

$3.5m and 3 Different Budgets for Inauguration

Simply to inaugurate 692 new national and regional legislators on Oct. 1, taxpayers may have to shell out almost Rp 35 billion, or more than Rp 50 million per elected official. 11:02pm Sep 6, 2009

Poll Losers, Yes, but PDI-P Voters Want in the Cabinet

More than half of the people who voted for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in the recent election want the party’s leaders to be part of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s next cabinet, a survey showed on Thursday. 1:06am Sep 4, 2009

KPU Finally Announces the Allocation Of Legislative Seats, 5 Months After Poll

The General Elections Commission officially announced the results of the April 9 legislative elections on Wednesday, with House Speaker Agung Laksono of the Golkar Party and Balkan Kaplale of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party failing to win seats. 12:36am Sep 3, 2009

Ministers Given Week to Quit or Lose DPR Seats

Court Clears Way for KPU to Announce Indonesian House Election Results

Some Candidates' Pasts May Catch Up With Them, Says KPU

Forget Politics and Just Make New Ministers Professional, Survey Says

Presidential candidates Megawati Sukarnoputri, left, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, and Jusuf Kalla during the final election debate in Jakarta. (JG Photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

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