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Selon la Loi fondamentale du pays, la démission ou le renvoi du Premier ministre implique nécessairement le départ de son gouvernement.

When lawyer Taufik Basari visited constituents in his Jakarta district to distribute leaflets telling them why he deserved their vote, many asked him why the envelope was missing.

"Some residents opened the fold of the leaflet, expecting to find money, and asked 'Pak, where is the envelope?'," said the 37-year-old first-time legislative candidate for the National Democratic Party (NasDem). "They are still expecting cash or generous handouts of groceries. But I tell them, a political office is a mandate. That cannot be bought - it is priceless."

Democratic Party executive chairman Syarifuddin Hassan says popularity is not the only thing a presidential candidate must acquire to be successful.

“Popularity isn’t everything. It’s not the only thing you need to win people’s hearts,” he said in Jakarta on Saturday, commenting on the official declaration of Jokowi as a presidential candidate.

Syarifuddin, who is also cooperatives and small and medium enterprises minister, said Jokowi always came in first when it came to popularity. The Jakarta governor, he said, was widely known by the public.

A coalition of Jakarta-based NGOs has called on presidential aspirants to publicly share their plans on how to increase tax revenue, as the country is in dire need of public support to finance its future development.

The coalition, known as the Independent Commission for State Budget (KAI), said presidential hopefuls, for example, must reveal their target on the level of tax revenue-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, or tax ratio, should they become official candidates.

Senior Sudanese officials have made a request to meet the leader of the Darfurian Arab Mahameed clan and MP, Musa Hilal, to convince him to end his undeclared mutiny in North Darfur state and stop bloody attacks carried out by his militias against the army.

Hilal’s forces seized five areas in North Darfur state following clashes against government troops over the last few weeks. The tribal leader is currently living in one of those areas after leaving Khartoum a year earlier.

A group of lawyers announced its plan to file a lawsuit against Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo over his decision to run in the upcoming presidential race.

The Advocacy Team for a New Jakarta, which had supported Jokowi during the 2012 gubernatorial election, acknowledged it could not hide its disappointment that Jokowi would be leaving Jakarta without fulfilling his campaign promises.

Jakarta/Magelang/Surabaya. Indonesian political parties on Sunday kicked off the beginning of the 2014 campaign season with a mixture of mass gatherings, street convoys and rallies across the country.

The events ranged from grand spectacles to subdued displays of support, as parties tried to solidify their bases ahead of the April 9 contest.