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Tenggara Backgrounder March 01, 2024
POLITICS
House inquiry may pave way for new round in Jokowi-Megawati fight
The row between President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chair of the Indonesian Democratic Party or Struggle (PDI-P), could move into a new round, this time with much bigger political stakes, if the House of Representatives goe...
Prabowo prepares for transition of power
As Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming look set to win the Feb. 14 presidential race, their campaign leadership is preparing for a transition of power in October. In addition, the outgoing government is drafting budget allocations...
Navigating the shadowy issues in Sirekap
Thanks to the introduction of the digital vote-counting and tabulating platform by the General Elections Commission (KPU) known as the Tabulation Information System (Sirekap), the 2024 elections have been dubbed Indonesia's most technologically advan...
Forming a ministry for Prabowo’s free lunch program
Although the General Elections Commission (KPU) has yet to announce who will be succeeding President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, pollsters' quick counts indicate that Prabowo Subianto is set to lead the incoming administration. To ensure a smooth transitio...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Prabowo-Gibran campaign team named as SOE commissioners
The longstanding trend of granting key roles in state corporations to supporters of presidential and vice-presidential hopefuls has resurfaced. This time, members of the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka TKN have been appointed as independent c...
Delay in beef import permits worries market over rising commodity prices
After several delays, the Trade Ministry has finally issued the long-awaited beef SPI to 56 companies, out of 380 companies, with an approved total import volume of nearly 140,951 tonnes, about 30 percent of the total amount requested by the companie...
Govt to give 40-percent discount to unsubsidized fertilizer
The Indonesian government is looking to enact a discount on unsubsidized fertilizer, with the policy being one of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration's last acts ahead of the succession of national governance to the winner of the 2024 presidentia...
Indonesia runs twin deficits in 2023 as trade weakens
Indonesia ran a twin deficit as it closed 2023 with widening current account deficits, reaching negative US$1.29 billion as of Q4 2023, which equates to 0.38 percent of the GDP. Meanwhile, the country has been running budget deficit with Rp 35 trilli...
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