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Tenggara Backgrounder April 03, 2020
POLITICS
Local quarantines imposed as regions defy Jakarta’s policy
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, a number of regional administrations have decided to impose local quarantines to protect people from the deadly virus. The move came despite President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s strong aversion to quarantine, hinting at te...
COVID-19 exposes Indonesia’s broken healthcare system
Indonesia’s national health care system is totally unprepared to deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and as the number of infections continue to grow, there is little that the country can do other than managing as best as it can wit...
Prospects of omnibus bill questioned amid COVID-19 outbreak
Returning from a monthlong recess on Monday, members of the House of Representatives pledged to begin deliberation of the omnibus bill on job creation. As the bill was contentious to begin with, however, calls to postpone its deliberation have furthe...
Hundreds of regions to be without leaders as elections postponed
As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens across the country, the government, the House of Representatives and the General Elections Commission (KPU) have reached an agreement to postpone the 2020 regional elections originally slated for Sept. 23. The postpon...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Govt rolls out COVID-19 economic scenarios
Despite President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo insistence on avoiding a lockdown and maintaining economic growth amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has announced two economic scenarios, a baseline scenario and a worst-...
Deregulation to boost wood exports may backfire
Businesspeople in the timber industry have found a way amid the COVID-19 pandemic to once again get rid of the timber legality verification system (SVLK) export requirements, a move that has irked the European Union (EU), and this could backfire on I...
Controversial ESDM ministerial decree to benefit coal barons
As the public is overwhelmed with efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Minister Arifin Tasrif issued Ministerial Decree No. 7/2020, which likely makes concession renewals easier for first-generation coal ba...
The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression
The global economy faces an economic crisis that is very different in nature than previous crises such as the 2008 to 2009 global financial crisis as well as its predecessor, the Great Depression. The current economic crisis is caused by a worldwide...
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