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Tenggara Backgrounder July 15, 2022
POLITICS
Anies’ presidential hope hinges on NasDem. Will it deliver?
Opinion polls on the 2024 presidential election show that Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is among the most popular public figures, but his nomination remains clouded by uncertainty. His chances will further narrow after October, when he steps down a...
House, govt settle dispute over personal data protection bill
Hopes are building for the House of Representatives to endorse the much-awaited personal data protection bill into law after lawmakers and the government settled their long-standing tug-of-war over the oversight authority of the data protection.
Election-rule changes urgent to accommodate new regions
Due to recent political dynamics resulting from the establishment of three new provinces in Papua and the new capital city Nusantara, revision of the General Elections Law is unavoidable.
ACT case reveals deep-seated misappropriation of public donations
Humanitarian group Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) has come under heightened public scrutiny since allegations of fraud surfaced earlier this month. The NGO is reported to have violated the law on charitable foundations, committed money laundering and embez...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Govt adopts mandatory B35 biodiesel program as CPO prices tumble
The reversal of crude palm oil (CPO) prices to below US$900 per ton and its repercussions in the domestic market have forced the government to take yet another drastic measure to help the commodity by advancing the B35 biodiesel mandatory program lat...
2nd tax amnesty: Underperformance, moral hazards
The government’s second tax amnesty, or so-called voluntary disclosure program, ended last month with underwhelming results. It discovered an estimated Rp 595 trillion (US$41 billion) in hidden assets in Indonesia as well as other countries, mostly i...
Rushed food estate program now on brink of failure
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo launched a program to create 900,000 hectares of new agricultural land to anticipate a looming food crisis. Now two years in, the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) announced their evaluat...
Pertamina ups nonsubsidized LPG and fuels prices, again
State-owned oil-and-gas-company Pertamina has increased the price of nonsubsidized-liquefied-petroleum gas (LPG) and fuels on last Friday in an effort to cope with surging global prices. The second price adjustment this year, however, would not much...
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