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Tenggara Backgrounder June 19, 2020
POLITICS
Indonesia renews search for simpler multiparty political system
Post-Soeharto Indonesia has embraced multiparty democracy, but exactly how many political parties does it take for democracy to function in a country with a huge and diverse population?
New normal faces challenges on the ground
As Indonesia begins to accommodate the “new normal”, the situation on the ground suggests that restoring some form of normalcy following massive social restrictions is easier said than done. The government’s obstacles in the planned transition to the...
Uncertainties linger as students, teachers welcome new school year
Schools across the country have been closed since President Jokowi asked people to work, study and worship from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Education and Culture Ministry was quick to devise measures to help schools cope with closure, seve...
Skepticism looms over Novel’s acid attack settlement
The acid attack on KPK senior investigator Novel Baswedan is in the spotlight yet again as state prosecutors last week demanded only a one-year prison term for two police officers charged with perpetrating the attack. While many have expressed their...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Kookmin, Bosowa fight to control Bank Bukopin
The fight between Makassar-based conglomerate Bosowa Corporation and South Korea-based Kookmin Bank to control publicly listed lender Bank Bukopin has reached its final stage, and the winner will be determined on Thursday through an annual shareholde...
Pertamina management reshuffles, Nicke remains at the top
Despite her failure in securing a partnership for the Cilacap refinery after Saudi oil giant Aramco walked away from the project, state-owned energy holding company Pertamina president director Nicke Widyawati has kept her position as the number one...
Jobs card under fire, now under review
The government has temporarily stopped the controversial preemployment card to allow a review of the program that was prematurely launched in March and is now beset with various problems, especially nontransparent recruitment of training providers, l...
Second wave in Jakarta threaten Jokowi’s ‘new normal’
Rising COVID-19 infections in Indonesia’s major economic centers and the emergence of a second wave in Jakarta have threatened President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s “new normal” policy to reopen the national economy. Meanwhile, global institutions such as...
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