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Tenggara Backgrounder January 22, 2021
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Internal division, mounting sectarianism to test new police chief
Comr. Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo is waiting for his inauguration as the National Police chief. With many linking Listyo’s candidacy to his close relationship with President Jokowi, questions arise as to whether Listyo has what it takes to quell growin...
Obstacles loom on government’s vaccination drive
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has acknowledged that data discrepancies are beginning to hamper the country’s mass vaccination drive, with medical workers – the priority population to receive the COVID-19 vaccination – experiencing difficulty in...
Sino-Indonesian ties too delicate to open up
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Indonesia on Jan. 12-13 as part of his whirlwind tour of ASEAN. What was so unusual about the visit was the low key and limited media coverage for the presence of a top official from arguably Indonesia’s most...
Capital relocation plan put on hold, ambition still on
Among the 33 priority bills the House of Representatives has included in the 2021 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) is the National Capital bill. While the COVID-19 pandemic might put President Jokowi’s ambitious plan to relocate the capital c...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Jokowi pushes for INA to operate early this year
President Jokowi is pushing for the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, to be operational early this year by filling in the board of supervisors and appointing its CEO. Last week, Jokowi sent the names of three ca...
SOE Ministry drops holding, plan to merge port operators
The SOE Ministry has dropped its initial plan to create a holding company for state-owned port operators – PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) I, II, III and IV – and instead will merge all four to reduce logistics costs and increase efficiency in provi...
Government orders culling program to tackle poultry oversupply
The Indonesian government ordered a culling program at the beginning of 2021 to cut excess supply in the domestic poultry sector. Poultry oversupply is a recurring problem in Indonesia and the government has oftentimes attempted to address it by mean...
Indonesia, EU clash on nickel ore and palm oil
Trade tensions between Indonesia and the EU have re-escalated following the bloc’s decision to challenge Indonesia’s nickel ore export ban at the WTO. The EU decision follows Indonesia’s challenge at the WTO last year over the EU’s discriminative tra...
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