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Tenggara Backgrounder May 24, 2024
POLITICS
House to pass key draft laws as succession looms
The House of Representatives plans to accelerate the law-making process of several controversial bills during the lame-duck period before its term ends on Oct. 1. The politicians are intent on revising specifically the Broadcasting Law, the Constitut...
Law revision deemed putting leash on Constitutional Court
The fourth amendment to the 2003 Constitutional Court Law is about to be added to the growing list of bills that, despite much public backlash, are to be passed into law under the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. The proposed amendme...
Police Law revision to raise officers’ retirement age
As the end of the current House of Representatives' term draws near, politicians have tabled controversial draft amendments to the National Police Law. The law revision includes raising the retirement age and other changes, which the public suspects...
Legalize but control it: A novel approach to stop rampant vote-buying
A proposal to legalize the practice of vote-buying, but with clear regulations and limits, may not gain widespread support, but it at least exposes the General Elections Commission's (KPU) failure to curtail rampant "money politics" in the February g...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Govt relaxes local content requirements for renewable energy
The Indonesian government plans to simplify and reduce local content requirements (TKDN) in the electricity sector to at least 25 percent to boost investment in renewable energy, which has been moving at a snail pace due to various barriers, especial...
Govt wants Tesla, SpaceX, but Elon Musk brings Starlink to Indonesia
Elon Musk's satellite internet company, Starlink, has officially launched its services in Indonesia. However, the internet network, which Indonesia does not really want, is seen to serve only as a sweetener for the billionaire tech mogul, as the gove...
Trade Ministry revises regulations to ease container backlog
The Trade Ministry has decided to revise Trade Ministerial Regulation No. 36/2023 on import policy and regulation, which caused a backlog of tens of thousands of containers carrying imported goods at ports. The regulation has gone through multiple re...
High medical inflation drives surge in healthcare premiums
Social media has been abuzz with posts complaining about the surge in health insurance premiums, with some policyholders reporting hikes of up to 40 percent. At the same time, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) announced in its first-quarter 2024...
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