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Tenggara Backgrounder April 24, 2020
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Official ‘mudik’ ban issued amid surge of COVID-19 transmissions
President Jokowi has placed a ban on mudik to prevent a spike of COVID-19 transmission in the country. The decision, which goes against the government’s previous reluctance to ban the decades-old tradition, has been largely welcomed. Regardless, ques...
COVID-19 responses impeded as data discrepancy prevails
The quarrel between the central and local governments over COVID-19 responses continues as the latter, yet again, profess data discrepancies on infection cases, deaths and recoveries. Failure to resolve the inconsistency in their respective COVID-19...
Pandemic strengthens Jokowi’s grip on Islamic conservatives
This time last year, shortly after the general elections, conservative Islamists were President Jokowi's biggest nemesis as they were about the only political force that could provide significant opposition and resistance to him after he won his 2019...
Omnibus bill deliberation, a show that must go on
The House is set to continue its deliberation of the contentious omnibus bill on job creation despite mounting calls for its postponement, particularly from labor groups, whose members have fallen prey to a wave of layoffs because of the global econo...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Jokowi’s millennial staffers under fire over alleged conflict of interest
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s millennial expert staff members are once again under public criticism, this time over alleged conflicts of interest between their role in the public sector and in their respective companies. A series of gaffes began t...
Jakarta governor, industry minister clash over PSBB
Jakarta and the satellite cities that make up Greater Jakarta have been under large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) since early April to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Yet residents continue to travel around Greater Jakarta, with main...
Thai’s Kasikorn Bank acquires Bank Maspion at fire-sale price
Thailand’s banking sector has been plagued by a saving and investment imbalance. On the one side, the country has an abundant supply of financial capital. On the other hand, Thailand’s anemic growth has dampened the appetite of foreign and domestic i...
European countries mull over COVID-19 exit strategy
European countries, including worst-hit Spain and Italy, have eased their lockdown regulations and are preparing a comprehensive exit strategy to kick start their economic engine. However, economic reopening will be gradual, not immediate, as countri...
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