#Democracy
ITUC urges Indonesia to strengthen democracy, workers’ rights
President Prabowo Subianto met with General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Luc Triangle, and ITUC-Asia Pacific General Secretary Shoya Yoshida at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Monday, November 10, 2025, discussing democratization and labor rights issues in Indonesia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
International democracy day: Is Indonesia’s democracy heading towards fascism?
The Public Virtue Research Institute (PVRI), a democracy research and study organization, asks the government and the House of Representatives to address the deteriorating democratization in Indonesia in view of the weakening of safe public spaces for criticism, the disappearance of opposition in the House, and the loss of electoral integrity compared to previous years.
Government pledges positive response to public demands: Yusril
The government has vowed to respond positively to demands raised during mass demonstrations in late August 2025, although not all of them can be fulfilled immediately, Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correctional Institutions, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, said on Monday, September 8, 2025.
MK ruling on separate national, local elections hailed as democracy milestone
The Constitutional Court (MK) ruling on separate organization for national and local elections is highly praised as a “critical milestone” in strengthening the country’s democratic system.