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Tenggara Backgrounder June 09, 2023
POLITICS
Jokowi is good as kingmaker, but for how long?
After failing to win sufficient political support to get his term extended beyond 2024, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is maneuvering to make sure that whoever succeeds him will protect the legacy that he has built since taking power in 2014. Without...
Golkar struggles to choose presidential pick
The Golkar Party has yet to cement its grip on the ever-dynamic political landscape, but during its national meeting last weekend it at least reaffirmed that the party would continue to support chairman Airlangga Hartarto either as a presidential or...
People propose, Constitutional Court justices dispose
A functioning democracy depends on the checks and balances mechanism among the executive, legislative and judiciary powers. If the decline of Indonesian democracy as a result of the executive’s control of the legislative was not enough, the judiciary...
KPK chief gets term extension despite tainted track record
Leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are looking to hold office for five years after the Constitutional Court recently granted a petition to extend their tenure from previously four years. This change will undoubtedly affect the ins...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
RI lifts ban on sea sand exports, raises environmental concerns
The Joko “Jokowi” Widodo administration has decided to lift the government’s ban on exports of sea sand, which had stood for 20 years, amid the threat of environmental degradation to the country’s coastal environment. The sea sand export reinstatemen...
KPK leaks delays selection of new minerals and coal director general
The open selection process for the position of the minerals and coal director general has been cancelled following further escalation of the directorate general’s bonus pay embezzlement case. A search into an apartment owned by one of the director ge...
Jokowi: IKN project will keep going no matter who wins the election
The new capital city (IKN) has raised many concerns, its funding and its future should the opposition win the election are among others. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, speaking at the Ecosperity Week in Singapore on Wednesday, soothed investors by p...
Rising government debt invites political contention
The Finance Ministry is scrambling to explain the sustainability of the government’s rising debt under President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo following a salvo attack by former vice president Jusuf Kalla, who has crossed into the opposition camp and supports...
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