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Tenggara Backgrounder December 20, 2019
POLITICS
Questioning Wantimpres’ significance
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo recently appointed nine prominent figures as members of the presidential advisory board (Wantimpres). While the credentials of the advisors would hold great significance in influencing the President’s decision, many dee...
KPK supervisory council members: Jokowi’s maneuvers continue?
Much to the disappointment of antigraft activists and the general public, the revised Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law came into effect in late October along with its consequences, including the establishment of the KPK supervisory council...
Religious Affairs Minister leads the anti-radicalism campaign
The choice of a former Army general as minister of religious affairs was one of the big surprises when President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced his new Cabinet lineup in October. But two months since then, it has become clear that Lt. Gen. (ret.) Min...
New detective chief to strengthen Jokowi’s clout
The promotion of Insp. Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo to the post of chief detective of the National Polices’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) can be seen as President Jokowi’s attempt at further cementing his influence on the force. Formerl...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Erick takes shot at SOE subsidiaries
Carrying out President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s reform agenda in streamlining state-owned enterprises (SOEs), SOE Minister Erick Thohir is taking another shot at what his predecessors failed to achieve: slashing the number of SOE subsidiaries and sub-s...
Thai banks begin regional expansion with Permata acquisition
Diversified conglomerate Astra International and British financial giant Standard Chartered Bank have agreed to sell Bank Permata to Thailand’s Bangkok Bank. The acquisition marks the first time that a Thai bank has made a significant investment in I...
Jokowi targets oil and gas mafia, again
Early in his first presidential term, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s established an anti-oil and gas mafia and since then, he has taken several measures to dismantle the mafia practices. And now, entering his second term, the President seems to be...
Jokowi unimpressed by improving trade balance
The trade data for November is in, and Indonesia’s balance of trade is improving. Accumulative trade deficit from January to November 2019 shrank to US$3.1 billion from $5.48 billion in the same period last year. The country’s trade deficit decreased...
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