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Tenggara Backgrounder January 10, 2020
POLITICS
Govt’s disaster mitigation readiness questioned
The prolonged dry season did not seem to provide the government enough time to prepare for the rainy season, as millions living in hundreds of areas across Greater Jakarta began 2020 inundated. To make matters worse, instead of focusing on victim saf...
Indonesia responds to China’s testing of Natuna waters
The series of incursions by Chinese fishing vessels in the Natuna Sea in the past few months is testing Indonesia on how far it is willing or prepared to defend its sovereignty. So far, Indonesia has reacted in a predictable manner. The government lo...
PKS-Gerindra quarrel continues
After more than a year since Sandiaga Uno left the position, the Jakarta deputy governor seat remains vacant as the Gerindra Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) struggle to reach an agreement about who will succeed Sandiaga. With no apparent...
PAN struggles to maintain electability and unity
The National Mandate Party (PAN) is only to hold its national congress to elect its chairman in the coming few months, but reports are already emerging of internal discord as party members scramble over the party’s top post. The party is reportedly d...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Jiwasraya’s ‘gigantic’ loss and its systemic effect
The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has rocked the country’s financial sector with its warning that Jiwasraya’s “gigantic” loss could spark a systemic risk. But financial regulators are not convinced that the problem-ridden state-owned insurance company c...
National Energy Board left in limbo
Amid the disappointing progress made toward energy-related targets set in the National Energy Policy (KEN), the National Energy Board (DEN) has found itself in limbo with no independent board members following the House’ rejection of all the candidat...
Labor unions oppose ‘job creation’ omnibus bill
Tripartite discussions involving the Manpower Ministry, representatives from the business community, and representatives from labor unions on the “job creation” omnibus bill have broken down. Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) president...
Govt fails to meet ambitious tax target
The state budget deficit realized in 2019 was higher than targeted. The government’s inability to meet its 2019 state revenue target is unsurprising. Despite anticipating an economic slowdown in 2019 and adopting a lower assumption of 5.3 percent gro...
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