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Tenggara Backgrounder August 07, 2020
POLITICS
Bobby’s mayoral bid shifts power struggle in Medan, PDI-P
The city of Medan is one of 270 regions that will elect new leaders in December. The race in the North Sumatran capital has garnered public attention because Bobby Nasution, the son-in-law of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, plans to run. This has fue...
Police embroiled in scandal over corruption fugitive
The National Police have moved to contain the damage from revelations that senior officers facilitated Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra, a high profile corruption fugitive on the run for the last 11 years, to travel freely within and in and out of the country...
Minister Nadiem’s alienation from education sector continues
Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has been at the center of controversy following the withdrawal of major players from the ministry’s Mobilization Organization Program (POP). The program, as part of the Freedom to Learn initiative, is aim...
Prabowo navigates foreign, domestic pressures in jet fighter procurement
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has come under public scrutiny yet again for his plan to buy used Austrian jet fighters. Critics say the shopping spree is untimely given that the country is facing a debilitating financial crisis as a result of the...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Economy shrinks more than expected after fiscal policy failure
Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is contracted by 5.32 percent year-on-year (yoy), worse than both the government’s most recent prediction and market prediction. GDP contracted more than expected because government spending, which is expected...
Racing to pass omnibus bill on job creation
President Jokowi has been pushing insistently for the passage of the omnibus bill on job creation by August of this year to assist with the nation’s economic recovery. Despite that, members of the House of Representatives doubt the bill will be passe...
Govt backtracks on gross-split scheme with cost-recovery option
With global oil and gas giants planning to exit the country, the Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry is trying to innovate its policy-making to keep projects attractive for investors. The ministry issued Ministerial Regulation No. 12/2020 on...
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