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Tenggara Backgrounder November 22, 2019
POLITICS
Calculating Ahok’s new power
Former Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama appears to have a volatile career trajectory. After his much-publicized political downfall in 2017 due to a religious blasphemy case that resulted in his imprisonment, Ahok may, in the near future...
Is police counterterrorism falling behind?
The National Police are commendable for the swift way they busted a terrorist network following the latest suicide bombing in Medan. It was almost a similar story with the stabbing of former general Wiranto, following which the police quickly arreste...
Direct regional elections under attack
Ahead of the 2020 simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada), Home Minister Tito Karnavian is questioning the one man one vote mechanism to elect a regional head, which he says is prone to vote buying and conflicts. As Tito lurches toward indirect ele...
NasDem zeroes in on 2024 presidential choices
With no time to waste, the NasDem Party has already made the move to round up four regional heads as potential candidates for the 2024 presidential election. This would be a means through which NasDem would try to achieve its ultimate goal: the 2024...
Capital relocation plan set to move up a gear
The government’s move to relocate the capital city off Jakarta to North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kertanegara regencies in East Kalimantan has taken a new turn as National Development Planning Minister Suharso Monoarfa announced recently a plan to esta...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Jokowi in control of SOEs
As some controversial, anticorruption names have emerged as candidates to lead state-owned enterprises (SOEs), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo himself is directly involved in the appointment of their CEOs and even in streamlining Echelon I positions i...
SOE minister jumpstarts Cilacap refinery talks
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has tasked State-Owned Enterprise (SEO) Minister Erick Thohir to settle within the next three months agreements with investors to commence the Balikpapan and Cilacap refinery expansion projects, which have made little t...
Leaked RED II internal letter triggers uproar over IEU-CEPA talks
On Oct. 22, Palm Oil Monitor released a leaked internal letter written by European Union (EU) Trade Director General Jean-Luc Demarty, addressed to Energy Director General Dominique Ristori. Following the release of the leaked letter, Indonesia seems...
BI cuts GWM to spur credit growth in 2020
Bank Indonesia announced that credit growth in September has slowed down to 7.9 percent year-on-year, lower than last month’s 8.6 percent. In response to slower credit growth in September, BI and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) has agreed to r...
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