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Tenggara Backgrounder July 17, 2020
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Spike in COVID-19 infections raises alarm, questions about rapid tests
On July 9, Indonesia saw a huge spike in the daily number of people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, raising the prospect that things will get a lot worse in the coming months with no clear prospect of when the numb...
Anies threatens to hit COVID-19 emergency brake
Following the significant increase in the number of single-day COVID-19 infections, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan warned the city residents about the possibility to reinstate large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). Jakarta recorded a new high of 4...
Military to oversee Jokowi’s food resiliency program
President Jokowi's decision to entrust Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto with the national food estate program has come as a surprise. Not only is the project mired with a lack of clarity, Prabowo’s appointment too has been widely subjected to specul...
Govt’s decade-long hunt for fugitives: Unable or unwilling?
Waves of appreciation have showered the government following the recent extradition of Maria Pauline Lumowa, a fugitive who had been wanted for 17 years for her role in a major bank fraud case, from Serbia. Numerous precedents, however, show the gove...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Wimboh, Perry take action to appease Jokowi
On July 2, Reuters reported that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s had a plan to return banking supervision to Bank Indonesia (BI). The plan was related to President Jokowi’s disappointment at the performance of Financial Services Authority (OJK) chai...
Govt, House press ahead with job creation bill despite rejections
The government and the House of Representatives’ working committee on the job creation omnibus bill has been conducting marathon deliberations on the bill since mid-May to reach the target of passing it into law in August or early September at the la...
Conflict of interest unaddressed with new job card decree
A new regulation on the preemployment card was issued as an attempt to improve the incentivized training program amid growing public criticism. The newly issued Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 76/2020 on the preemployment card is more comprehen...
Shell’s plan to exit Masela leaves Abadi’s future in question
Dutch oil and gas giant Shell has finally decided to exit the gas-rich Masela Block in the Arafura Sea amid pressure from the deteriorating crude oil price and the COVID-19 pandemic. It plans to sell its 35 percent participating interest in the lique...
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