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Tenggara Backgrounder February 28, 2020
POLITICS
Jokowi steamrolls omnibus bill on jobs. Who can stop him?
The omnibus bill on job creation, the centerpiece of President Joko Widodo’s second administration, has stirred massive protests and provoked criticism because of the enormity of the changes it will bring that would hurt the interests of many groups,...
Public questions KPK’s motives for halting dozens of cases
As public trust is declining in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), as shown in a recent opinion poll, the antigraft body sparked new controversy over its decision to terminate 36 cases still in their preliminary investigation stage. The fac...
Populist agenda maybe behind contentious family resilience bill
The public has been caught off guard by the family resilience bill, which was initiated by a group of House of Representative politicians almost out of the blue. Comprising several controversial provisions, the bill is seen by many as an apparent att...
Independent candidates surge as parties become more exclusive
Ahead of the simultaneous regional elections to take place in September, potential candidates have scrambled to secure nomination from political parties. As registration has opened for those aspiring to contest the local elections, the General Electi...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Coal lobby uses omnibus bill as smokescreen for Mining Law revision
Mining industry experts and environmental activists are surprised by the government’s decision to pursue a mining sector reform through the omnibus bill on job creation at the same time as it seeks to amend Law No. 4/2009 on coal and mineral mining....
Fast internet access in eastern Indonesia has long way to go
The billion-dollar fiber-optic Palapa Ring’s eastern package was inaugurated last year, but more work needs to be done to connect the frontier, outermost and least developed regions in Papua, West Papua and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to the internet as...
‘Bail-in’, bailout options on table for Jiwasraya
The government has put onto the table both bail-in and bailout options for problem-ridden state-owned insurance firm PT Asuransi Jiwasraya to prevent any systemic effect of the crisis on the insurance industry and the capital market.
USTR hurts WTO’s developing country status designation
On Feb. 10, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) changed the eligibility requirements for the 2 percent de minimis countervailable subsidy and 4 percent negligible import volume standards under the US Countervailing Duty (CVD) Law. Because o...
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