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Tenggara Backgrounder December 17, 2021
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Jokowi pushing on with capital relocation project
Nothing, it seems, will stop President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo from moving forward with his plan to relocate the seat of the government out of Jakarta. With less than three years before he steps down from the presidency, Jokowi is using all the power he...
Police’s antigraft corps
Following the appointment of 44 former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees as civil servants at the police force, the National Police will establish a special antigraft squad that according to police chief Gen. Listiyo Sigit Prabowo wil...
Ridwan set to join political party to keep ambitions alive
There was no element of surprise when West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, billed as a potential presidential hopeful, announced his intention to join a political party. The prevailing system forces him and other nonpartisan figures to do so if they inte...
PDI-P secures future political standing through state institutions
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Darmawan Prasodjo was recently appointed president director of state electricity company PLN. Darmawan’s appointment adds to the growing list of senior PDI-P members holding strategic positio...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Wijaya Karya in hot seat after another accident at HSR project site
Viral video footage of the recent dismantling of six pillars of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail (HSR) has only added to the plight of a project that has been plagued by accidents and a massive cost overrun. The latest incident, involving a pillar...
Regulation on rooftop solar panels on hold due to internal dispute
Energy and Mineral Resources Ministerial Regulation (Permen ESDM) No. 26/2021, which was meant to expediate public investment in the national rooftop solar panel system, has recently been put on hold. Halted by an internal government dispute, the fre...
ConocoPhillips leaves RI, giving prominence to Medco
Another oil giant is leaving Indonesia, calling attention to declining foreign investment in the oil and gas sector in the country. The United States’ ConocoPhillips is set to sell its assets in the Corridor Block, its final possessions in Indonesia,...
RI’s 1 percent control 60 percent of land, govt seeks land redistribution
Indonesia’s economic inequality has gradually improved under President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, but it is still far from the level recorded in the early 1990s, including in terms of land ownership, with 1 percent of the population now controlling almost...
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