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...designed to create a more lively exchange than usual, the format still resembled a question-and-answer session with little in the way of sparring between candidates. Still, viewers voted by text message on the winner of the debate, choosing Boediono, the running mate of current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono...
...proving to be Southeast Asia's most vibrant democracy, the Obama Administration sees an opportunity to build a wider relationship while riding the President's popularity in the country, where he spent some of his childhood years. This strategy would involve not just the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono but the Indonesian people through greater interaction among students, academics and opinion leaders in the two nations...
After more than 100 million Indonesians went to the polls on April 9, the party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looks set to take more seats than any other party in Indonesia's parliament. Early tallies show the Democratic Party taking 20.4% of the vote - nearly three times more than when the party made its parliamentary debut in 2004, making the president the candidate to beat in the upcoming elections. "This shows how strong Yudhoyono is," says Bara Hasibuan, a political columnist in Jakarta. "He is definitely in the commanding position...
...Democratic Party, which currently holds 57 of the 560 seats in parliament, ran again this year on its nationalist, secular, and pro-business platform. If the party's votes from Thursday translate into at least 20% of the seats in parliament, President Yudhoyono will find himself in the enviable position of being able to choose a running mate with less concern for coalition building. "The electorate has clearly moved farther away from the right-wing base," states Kevin Evans, an expert in Indonesia's political history and founder of the pemilu.asia website. The presidential vote is scheduled to take place...
...Concerns are growing nationwide over whether the General Elections Commission will be able to carry out and monitor the elections effectively. More than 170 million Indonesians are registered to vote in the upcoming elections that will determine the fate of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is seeking a second term and a majority in Parliament for his Democratic Party. The fate of his vice president, Jusuf Kalla, who helped broker the Aceh peace agreement signed in Helsinki in August 2005, is less clear, as his Suharto-era Golkar party is struggling to maintain the same number of seats...