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Tenggara Backgrounder February 25, 2022
POLITICS
2024 elections uphill battle for new KPU, Bawaslu commissioners
The House of Representatives has confirmed the election of 12 new commissioners of the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu). Since Indonesia will be holding the presidential, legislative and regional elect...
Jokowi’s new capital project slowed by details and bureaucracy
Having secured the political and legal foundation for the construction of the nation’s new capital in East Kalimantan, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo now finds that his pet project cannot move fast enough. As he works on the details, particularly the...
NU, Muhammadiyah nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, again
National Awakening Party chairman Muhaimin Iskandar has renewed the discourse over a campaign to support the nomination of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, for the 2022-2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Muhaimin...
Andi Widjajanto wins key post, reclaims PDI-P support
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appointed former Cabinet secretary Andi Widjajanto the new governor of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas), in place of Agus Widjojo who has taken up an ambassadorial post in Manila, Andi was inaugurated o...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
National Food Agency chief faces test of bringing down food prices
The newly established National Food Agency has finally found its leader, as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo recently appointed Arief Prasetyo Adi to head the agency amid the rising prices of food commodities in the country, especially cooking oil and...
BI, Finance Ministry in tug-of-war over OJK commissioners
The selection process for the 2022-2027 commissioners of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) has entered the third stage with 33 candidates, mostly from Bank Indonesia (BI), the Finance Ministry, the OJK and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). What mo...
US calls out Tokopedia, Bukalapak, Shopee for selling fake goods
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has included three leading e-commerce platforms operating in Indonesia on its blacklist of “notorious markets” for violations of intellectual property (IP) rights. Homegrown Tokopedia and Bu...
Trade surplus hits 5-year high in 2021 due to commodity boom
Indonesia’s trade surplus in 2021 ended with a five-year high of US$35.34 billion. The surplus continued to January 2022 with $932.9 million, partly from surging commodity prices. Experts expect this trend to continue for the rest of the year, albeit...
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