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Tenggara Backgrounder is a weekly political and business briefing service combining insights and analysis by in-house experts and those from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Universitas Prasetiya Mulya, as well as background information from The Jakarta Post journalists. Tenggara Backgrounder provides you exclusive insights into what’s happening behind the scenes along with insider scoops that are not published in the media.

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June 23, 2023

NasDem in the spotlight yet again over graft allegations

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) grilled Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo on Monday in connection with various graft cases plaguing the ministry. The questioning came just after another NasDem Party politician-cum-minister, Johnny G. Plate, was named corruption suspect, dealing the party a major blow ahead of the 2024 elections.

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  • Johny fights back, offers himself as justice collaborator
  • Indonesia’s penchant for secondhand weaponry
  • Court ruling on voting system gives respite to democracy
WIKA to receive Rp 8 trillion cash injection despite fraud allegations

The SOEs Ministry has proposed to the House of Representatives an increase in state-capital injection (PMN) for SOEs to be disbursed in 2024 so that it would be able to bankroll struggling PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA) that is currently under investigation for alleged manipulation of its financial reports. If agreed, the total PMN for this year would increase by Rp 24.04 trillion (US$1.61 billion), or 70 percent, from the initial budget of Rp 33.9 trillion to Rp 57.96 trillion.

Other Topics
  • Golden Indonesia 2045 development plan prepared for next presidents
  • RI to run market trial for 5-percent bioethanol mix
  • RI maintains trade surplus despite surge in imports
Edition

June 16, 2023

Ukraine peace plan sheds light on Prabowo’s foreign policy thinking

The Ukraine peace plan laid out by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto caused mere ripples globally and at home. As it seems to be going nowhere, it may soon be forgotten. The plan, revealed in his June 3 speech at the Shangri-La dialogue, the region’s premier security conference in Singapore, has already been rejected by Ukraine as “strange” and widely dismissed as unworkable by the West. Russia, which invaded Ukraine in 2022, is one of only a few countries that have shown interest.

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  • Coalition for Change heading for the rocks
  • KPU to remove campaign donations report
  • Activists’ defamation trial a blow to free speech
Rushed tests risk another delay for the Jakarta-Bandung HSR

PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) and the government’s Aug. 18 promised operational date of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) is met with strong opposition from the Transportation Ministry’s review team, consisting of Mott MacDonald, PwC and Umbra law firm. The ministry and consultants cite serious issues ranging from the construction of Padalarang station being behind schedule, financial issues and a rushed testing period as chief concerns among them.

Other Topics
  • BPKP to investigate WIKA over financial statement manipulation
  • RI bans bauxite exports as US implements IRA
  • GoTo gets boost from appointment of CEO, chief commissioner
Edition

June 9, 2023

People propose, Constitutional Court justices dispose

A functioning democracy depends on the checks and balances mechanism among the executive, legislative and judiciary powers. If the decline of Indonesian democracy as a result of the executive’s control of the legislative was not enough, the judiciary could add insult to injury if the Constitutional Court decides to reinstate the closed-list electoral system.

Other Topics
  • Jokowi is good as kingmaker, but for how long?
  • KPK chief gets term extension despite tainted track record
  • Golkar struggles to choose presidential pick
RI lifts ban on sea sand exports, raises environmental concerns

The Joko “Jokowi” Widodo administration has decided to lift the government’s ban on exports of sea sand, which had stood for 20 years, amid the threat of environmental degradation to the country’s coastal environment. The sea sand export reinstatement came about while the government attempts to prohibit exports of more of the country’s critical minerals.

Other Topics
  • Jokowi: IKN project will keep going no matter who wins the election
  • KPK leaks delays selection of new minerals and coal director general
  • Rising government debt invites political contention
Edition

May 26, 2023

Political nepo babies on the rise as 2024 election nears

Children of the country’s political elites barely break a sweat as they follow in the footsteps of their parents, allowing political dynasties to proliferate. As if to build her own, House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani has secured support from her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to nominate her daughter Diah Pikatan Orissa Putri Hapsari, or Pinka Hapsari as a legislative candidate in the upcoming 2024 general election.

Other Topics
  • Community policing to include ‘Polisi RW’
  • Corruption charge against minister alters 2024 political landscape
  • How NU vote defines the 2024 presidential race
Govt laments lack of G7 commitment for national energy transition

Indonesia has expressed its upset with developed countries’ hollow commitments to funding the country’s energy transition. In every bilateral meeting with leaders of the Group of Seven countries in Tokyo last weekend, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo demand each of them realize their US$20 billion funding commitment through the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) to finance Indonesia’s energy transition to achieve early electricity net-zero emission target by 2050.

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  • Jakarta-Bandung HSR rushes for commercial operation in August
  • Fatalities lead Pertamina upstream president directors to swap positions
  • General Electric's gas turbines fail Jawa-1 CCGT
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