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Tenggara Backgrounder July 24, 2020
POLITICS
Gibran secures PDI-P greenlight for mayoral bid
The PDI-P has endorsed the nomination of Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, and Teguh Prakosa, the party’s Surakarta chapter secretary, for the regional head election in Surakarta, Central Java, in December. The...
Political parties continue fight over contentious bills
Following widespread opposition to the Pancasila ideology guidelines (HIP) bill, reports have it that political parties are continuing to squabble behind the closed doors of the House of Representatives. The deliberation of the HIP bill, which the go...
Jokowi disbands institutions to reduce red tape, slash budget
President Jokowi officially released early this week a list of government institutions that will be dissolved. The President previously promised to improve the efficiency of his administration amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The real motive behind the lo...
Sudden reshuffle in Health Ministry
Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has rarely been without controversy since his inauguration in October last year. The public has long been cast doubt over his competence in leading the country’s fight against COVID-19, and the recent exit of sev...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Erick’s new duty: Prevent the country from falling into recession
President Jokowi and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir share some similarities: Both are businessmen and men of action. Therefore, it was not a surprise when Jokowi chose Erick to be chief executive of the newly established COVID-19 Respo...
Fishery officials abandon Edhy amid lobster seed export controversy
Not long after causing controversy by lifting the lobster seed export ban set by his predecessor, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo is back in the spotlight after two of his high-level officials stepped down. The ministry’s directo...
SOEs, private firms to invest in Kalimantan agricultural estate
As President Jokowi prepares to implement the national agricultural estate program in Central Kalimantan, both private and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are eyeing the initiative, for which the government has prepared a budget of Rp 6 trillion (US$4...
BI cuts rate again while bracing for U-shaped recovery
On July 16, the Bank Indonesia (BI) board of governors decided to cut the seven-day reverse repo rate (7DRRR) by 25 basis points (bps) to 4 percent, the lowest level since the rate inception in April 2016, in order to bolster Indonesia’s economic rec...
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