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Tenggara Backgrounder March 11, 2022
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Jokowi demands full loyalty of TNI and National Police
Rarely has President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police of their duty of loyalty to the head of state as the supreme commander of the two institutions. But Jokowi made such a statement during the joint TNI...
Indonesia shifts policies as COVID-19 moves toward endemic
Entering the third year of the hard-hitting pandemic, the government is looking to orient its health policies toward treating COVID-19 as an endemic disease. While the Health Ministry prepares a road map to accommodate this transition to this new nor...
Constitutional Court blocks attempts to widen 2024 presidential field
During the ongoing countdown to the 2024 presidential election, the Constitutional Court has received a barrage of petitions to repeal the legal restrictions on presidential and vice-presidential nominees. The court turned down six such petitions in...
Presidential decree on March 1, 1949: Distortion of history?
Through a decree, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has declared March 1 State Sovereignty Enforcement Day to recall the historic general offensive of March 1, 1949, when Indonesian guerrilla troops occupied Yogyakarta for six hours to show the world th...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Palace, finance minister, BI behind OJK chief candidates
The selection committee for the 2022-2027 commissioners of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) has submitted 21 names to the Merdeka Palace, including three candidates for the role of OJK chairman, who, according to sources, represent the interest...
Non-subsidized fuel prices soar, subsidized fuel unchanged
Fuel in Indonesia has taken the brunt of the Russia-Ukraine war as the cost of non-subsidized fuel in the country recently increased due to rising crude oil prices. State-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina and private companies selling fuel in the cou...
Govt still at loss over how to bring down cooking oil price
Entering the third month, the government’s double policy to bring down cooking oil prices is still not working as expected as cooking oil prices in the market remain stubbornly high and the government is still at loss as to how to bring the prices do...
Inflation calms, food prices creep up in February
Inflation slowed to 2.06 percent year-on-year (yoy) in February, slightly below 2.18 percent in January, attributed to year-end peak consumption and the Omicron wave. Nevertheless, the rise in food prices is persisting, affecting a multitude of secto...
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