Chairman of Hanura Party, Wiranto, after announcing the party's coaltion with PDIP in Jakarta on Saturday, May 17, 2014.

Wiranto: Hanura Party joins PDIP's coalition

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Chairman of People's Consciousness Party, Wiranto, declared his party's coalition with Indonesian Democratic Part of Struggle (PDIP), on Saturday. The coalition aims at winning the presidential election in July as well as building new government. "We share similar platform as well as our spirit for struggle to achieve a better Indonesia," Wiranto said on Friday, referring to...

Former Indonesia's top tennis player, Yayuk Basuki, secures a seat at the House of Representative. (file photo)

Former top tennis player secures a seat at the parliament

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SEMARANG - The former world top 20 tennis player, Yayuk Basuki, secures a seat at the House of Representative. The representative of National Mandate Party (PAN) reached significant votes in general election on April 9, 2014. Based on calculation, General Election Commission (KPU) in Central Java recorded that Basuki got 25,615 votes from the first constituency in Central Java,...