TOPICS
Recent Post
Tenggara Backgrounder September 05, 2025
Tenggara Backgrounder August 29, 2025
Tenggara Backgrounder August 22, 2025
Tenggara Backgrounder August 15, 2025
Tenggara Backgrounder August 08, 2025
LOGIN
|
REGISTER
HOME
BACKGROUNDER
RENEWABLES
RESEARCH
SERVICES
ABOUT
LOGIN
|
REGISTER
Account Info
Change Password
Log out
HOME
BACKGROUNDER
RENEWABLES
RESEARCH
SERVICES
ABOUT
Backgrounder
Tenggara Backgrounder February 21, 2020
POLITICS
Jakarta governor under fire, reputation in peril
A recent survey by Jakarta pollster Indo Barometer has exacerbated the public’s growing discontent with Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan’s leadership. The survey’s findings, coupled with Anies’ recent blunders, could potentially dim his prospect to co...
Jokowi enjoys high approval rating 100 days into second term
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo marked the first 100 days of his second term in early February with a public approval rating of over 70 percent, according to pollster Indo Barometer. But the president has not done much in terms of policy initiatives t...
Non-partisan labor union presses ahead with rejection of omnibus bill
Since the government submitted the draft of the contentious omnibus bill on job creation to the House of Representatives last week, opposition remains from several labor unions despite the government’s intensive lobbying. Independent, nonpartisan uni...
Incumbents dominate PDI-P list of regional head candidates
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has announced almost all of the candidates it will support in the September simultaneous regional elections (pilkada serentak). Dominated by incumbents, the list indicates that the PDI-P intends to...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Jiwasraya financial scandal sparks domino effects
The government’s handling of the mega-corruption scandal at state-owned insurer PT Asuransi Jiwasraya has apparently caused a domino effect on the insurance industry and the capital markets, with insurance policy and mutual fund holders unable to cas...
Anies clashes with central govt over Pulogadung-Kebayoran LRT
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has met yet another stumbling block in leaving signature policy in the country’s capital city. His light rapid transit (LRT) phase II proposal had to be removed from the table due to an overlap with the central governm...
Govt terminates agricultural self-sufficiency principle in omnibus bill
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo uses the ‘job creation’ omnibus bill not only to stimulate investment but also to abandon nationalist economic principles, such as that on agricultural self-sufficiency stipulated in Law No. 13/2010 on horticulture, Law...
Trump targets trade deals with UK, EU and India
After concluding the phase-one trade deal with China in mid-January, United States President Donald Trump has shifted his attention to Europe and India, seeking trade deals that can be exhibited as “achievement trophies” to the US electorate.
×
FOOTNOTE
Loading
