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Tenggara Backgrounder January 20, 2023
POLITICS
Ghosts of victims of human rights violations still haunting Indonesia
The government has finally admitted that 12 incidents or tragedies that happened in the past amounted to gross violations of human rights, but short of offering an apology, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo last week expressed regret and promised restit...
KPK arrests Lukas Enembe on bribery charges, finally
After defying summonses by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) citing health reasons, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested on Jan. 10 in a restaurant in Jayapura. Lukas had been on the KPK’s watchlist after failing to comply with multiple...
House to address alleged fraudulent election practices
A coalition of civil society organizations came forward to the House of Representatives last week with evidence supporting their allegations of data manipulation during the factual verification of political parties seeking to field candidates for the...
Gerindra-PKB to strengthen coalition following ‘Ijtima’ forum
After repeated delays, the Gerindra Party and the National Awakening Party (PKB) are set to launch their joint secretariat on Jan. 23. The joint secretariat comes amid growing talks of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto’s and PKB chairman Muhai...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Agrarian reform below target, land conflicts persists
Agrarian reform, one of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s landmark programs to achieve equality and reduce land conflicts, is still far from achieving the target of land redistribution and has still not reduced conflicts pitting small farmers against...
RI’s long journey to attract Tesla Gigafactory
Indonesia’s discussion with electric automaker Tesla made headline again last week as Bloomberg reported that the two are closing in on a deal. However, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk was quick to respond via his recently-acquired Twitter cautioning against c...
Govt to raise toll road tariffs amid inflation
The government plans to raise the tariffs for 15 toll roads this month, as well as others later in the year. The hikes are a part of the biennial toll road tariff adjustment policy stipulated in Article 48(3) of Law No. 2/2022, which amends Law No. 3...
Indonesia’s poverty rate inches up as wealth equality improves
Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recently revealed on its semi-annual poverty infographic that roughly 26.36 million Indonesians, or 9.57 percent of the population, are living under the poverty line as of September 2022. While the figure indicates an incre...
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