Indonesia successfully held an election on February 14, 2024. Around 204.8 million people registered in the list, both at home and abroad, exercised their right to vote in the 2024 simultaneous general election. This fantastic number of voters makes Indonesia one of the largest election-organizing countries in the world.
The G7, consisting of the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, and also representatives of the European Union, supported the establishment of Palestine as a country while affirming that the process towards that path must begin by stopping the war in Gaza.
The general elections to elect the Indonesian president and vice president, as well as members of the Indonesian legislature at home took place last Wednesday (14/2). Meanwhile, overseas, it was held in stages starting from February 5 until 14.
Today, February 14, 2024, is a critical day for the Indonesian people to determine the nation and country's fate for the next five years. Today, every Indonesian who has the right to vote, at home and abroad, casts their vote at polling stations determined based on their resident addresses. Indonesian people punch a ballot today to elect the president who will lead the country for the next five years. Besides that, it also elects people's representatives to sit in the central and local parliaments, simultaneously.
Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Saturday (10/2/2024) when Israel planned to launch a land operation in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. In their statement, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Affairs Ministry warned of danger from the attack against Rafah in the Gaza Strip, which is the last shelter for thousands of civilians.
The Nicaraguan government sued four countries supplying weapons to Israel to the International Court of Justice. The Central American country on Monday (5/2/2024) began the process of suing Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Canada at the International Court of Justice. The Nicaraguan government, as quoted from Sindonews, Wednesday (7/2/2024), said, "the four countries have supplied weapons to Israel to facilitate or commit violations of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip."
An open debate for the 2024 Indonesian Presidential candidates was held again at the Jakarta Convention Center on Sunday (4/2). The final debate, in a series of 2024 general election events, had to be passed by the three Indonesian presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs in 2024. It will be continued by the final grand campaign period, pre-election silence days from February 11 until 13, and the awaited national election day on February 14, 2024. The final debate in the 2024 presidential election debates is organized by the General Election Commission (KPU). It raised the themes: of education, health, employment, culture, information technology, and social welfare and inclusion.
Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Dmitry Polyansky, on X social media, Saturday (3/2) wrote that Russia in a UN Security Council emergency meeting has requested to discuss the threat against international peace due to the U.S. attack on Iraq and Syria. He hoped the meeting could be held on Monday (5/3).
Last Wednesday (31/1), the Myanmar military junta again extended the emergency status in the country for the next six months.
Indonesia, which is home to overwhelming natural and cultural riches, has great potential in the tourism industry. The Indonesian government has set various strategic efforts to accelerate the tourism sector. It is also committed to encouraging sustainable tourism growth and providing benefits to the local communities.