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Tenggara Backgrounder May 31, 2024
POLITICS
Anies’ winding, bumpy road to Jakarta gubernatorial race
Anies Baswedan, a losing presidential candidate in the Feb. 14 race, has set his sights on the Jakarta gubernatorial election for the second time. He has been tipped as a strong candidate for the Jakarta governor post he relinquished in October 2022,...
Race for attorney general post heats up as new government looms
As the transition of power from to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to president-elect Prabowo Subianto draws near, speculation over who will fill the cabinet has intensified, including for the post of attorney general. Although the attorney general is...
Conservative Indonesian voters shun Islamism
While Indonesians have become more religiously conservative, most of them shunned Islamism in the February general election, as indicated by the failure of the United Development Party (PPP), the country's oldest Islamist political party, to win any...
PDI-P bides time on its stance toward Prabowo administration
The question of whether the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will join the ruling coalition when Prabowo Subianto assumes the presidency in October or stand in opposition has remained unanswered, even after the party concluded its nati...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Prabowo to adopt a flexible approach to the free school meals program
President-elect Prabowo Subianto is exploring alternative protein sources to dairy milk for his signature free school lunch program. He is also redefining the program by adopting a more flexible approach while remaining true to its core essence and o...
INA Digital launched to consolidate government-developed applications
Indonesia's government technology (govtech) initiative, named INA Digital, was recently launched, nearly half a year after its creation. Seen as an effort to integrate the government's digital services, the initiative comes in response to an overab...
New regulation on mandatory housing savings revives old debate
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a minor amendment to a government regulation (PP) on a public housing savings program called Tapera, reviving an old debate and backlash against the program from employees and employers alike, who view Tapera...
Jokowi’s nominees to continue dominating BI board of governors
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has nominated Destry Damayanti for a second term as Bank Indonesia's (BI) senior deputy governor for the 2024-2029 period. If the House of Representatives approves this nomination and the confirmation hearing goes well,...
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