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Tenggara Backgrounder June 07, 2024
POLITICS
Political parties shift fight to regional head elections
After concluding the general election, Indonesia is now preparing another political battle in the simultaneous regional head elections scheduled for Nov. 27, with 37 gubernatorial, 451 regency and 93 mayoral posts on the line. Major parties and power...
Rift between police and AGO shows poor law enforcement
The alleged surveillance of a deputy attorney general by members of the National Police's counterterrorism unit Densus 88 has sparked tension between the National Police and the Attorney General's Office (AGO). Questions have arisen not only about ju...
House opens back door for return of militarism
An ongoing plan to give the president the power to appoint Indonesian Military (TNI) officers to any civilian jobs has rekindled fears of Indonesia reverting back to authoritarianism, which it shed 24 years ago in favor of civilian-run democracy, cou...
Anticorruption drive in question as ex-justice acquitted for third time
The fight against corruption remains an uphill battle after the Central Jakarta District Court recently accepted the defense argument of non-active Supreme Court justice Gazalba Saleh, who the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested in Decem...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
IKN leaders’ resignation raises concerns among investors
Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority head Bambang Susantono and his deputy Dhony Rahajoe took Indonesia by surprise with their sudden resignations. This unexpected development raises suspicions about ongoing construction challenges at IKN, potentia...
Freeport granted permit extension, govt to see increase in shares
Gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has been granted the opportunity for an early extension of its mining permit (IUPK) until 2061, or until its reserves are exhausted, following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's recent approva...
Jokowi rewards NU with mining concession
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, is the sole religious organization to have requested a special mining permit (IUPK) for a coal mine in East Kalimantan after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed a government regulatio...
Sri Mulyani backs free lunch program after talks with synchronization team
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who had previously refrained from commenting publicly on president-elect Prabowo Subianto's campaign promises, has now voiced support for his free school lunch program. Her endorsement follows extensive discuss...
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