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Tenggara Backgrounder April 15, 2022
POLITICS
Govt realizes old plan to form new Papua provinces
The government’s plan to form three new provinces in Papua has gained political support from the House of Representatives, despite resistance from local people. The lawmakers have unanimously approved the initiative bill on the establishment of the p...
Jokowi still popular despite multilayered crises
Amidst rising inflation and public resistance to an extended term, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s approval rating remains relatively high for a second-term president. This only shows that Jokowi is still fully in command, as evident in the absence...
Indonesia reopens debate on role of religion in schools
Although the bill on the national education system has not even reached the House of Representatives, some major Islamic organizations are already questioning about the elimination of the term madrasahs, or Islamic schools, from the draft prepared by...
Ganjar tops electability polls amid political safaris
Ganjar Pranowo seems to prove his mettle ahead of the 2024 presidential election after the latest public opinion survey conducted by Saiful Mujani Research Center (SMRC) saw the Central Java governor overtake Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto....
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Palace’s preferred candidate wins House approval to lead OJK
As many predicted, Mahendra Siregar has been officially approved as the new chairman of Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) by the House of Representatives. As the preferred candidate by the Presidential Palace, he becomes the first OJK ch...
Pertamina supertanker blocked for carrying Russian oil
Pertamina came under the spotlight last week when one of its ships was caught carrying oil from Russia amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Greenpeace blocked the state-owned energy company’s supertanker Pertamina Prime off the coast of Denmark during a ship...
GOTO IPO attracts big investor interest, but fails to impress market
Home-grown tech giant PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia’s (GOTO) much anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of shares in the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) drew massive investor interest, but its stock price performance in the first few days of trading fa...
Idul Fitri holidays offer turnaround moment for air travel
With travel restrictions eased and the Idul Fitri tradition of mudik (exodus) set to return for the first time in two years, Indonesia is preparing for a potential boom. As a result, demand across industries have been spiking in recent weeks, from tr...
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