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Tenggara Backgrounder June 12, 2020
POLITICS
Jakarta starts transition period amid mounting pressure
As regions start to loosen large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to embrace a “new normal” the central government is pushing, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced a transitional PSBB period before deciding whether or not to completely lift the...
Regional leaders reap electoral benefits from COVID-19
Regional leaders have been subjected to intense public scrutiny amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The constant presence of the leaders in public and in the media will improve their approval ratings and, thus, their political outlook in the 2024 presidentia...
Haj suspension rekindles Muslim conservatives’ fire
Muslim conservatives and their allies in the House of Representatives went up in arms against the government over its decision to cancel all departures for this year’s haj in Saudi Arabia. Although they are already part of the coalition government, M...
Cheers and jeers shower antigraft body following Nurhadi’s arrest
KPK investigators arrested former Supreme Court secretary Nurhadi and his son-in-law Rezky Herbiyono in South Jakarta last week, marking an end to a five-month hunt on the former judge. The arrest has showered the antigraft body with both appreciatio...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Tapera to solve housing backlog, businesses object to it
The government has required all workers to join the public housing savings program (Tapera) in a bid to solve the acute housing backlog. Employers, however, have objected to the program as it would increase their labor cost.
Jokowi scrambles to rescue troubled high-speed railway project
In a surprising announcement on May 29, Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto stated that, by an order from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the government plans to integrate the 14-kilometer Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project with...
Aramco walks away from Cilacap, leaving Pertamina on its own
Negotiations between state-owned oil company Pertamina and Saudi oil giant Aramco over the development of a multibillion-dollar oil refinery in Cilacap, Central Java, had been dragging on for five years. The point of disagreement was in the valuation...
Shopping malls owners, tenants cheer Anies’ transition notice
The Indonesian Shopping Center Association (APPBI) and Indonesian Shopping Centers Tenants Association (Hippindo) have let out a sigh of relief after hearing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan’s announcement on the relaxation of large-scale social restr...
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