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Tenggara Backgrounder October 02, 2020
POLITICS
Decision on local elections shows Jokowi is in charge
The pandemic has strengthened rather than weakened the hands of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo even as the economy tanks and the COVID-19 virus remains out of control. Jokowi ignored popular public opinion when he ruled last week that the 270 regiona...
Antigraft body dismantled, officials abandon sinking ship
From the beginning, the much criticized revision of the Corruption Eradication Law (KPK) had been predicted to mark the withering away of the antigraft body. Now, a year after the new law was passed, the KPK is embroiled in controversies that may ref...
Mapping ‘red zone’ areas: Regions prone to vote-buying
The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has identified five provinces and 19 municipalities and regencies of the 270 regions that will host regional elections on Dec. 9 for their high vulnerability to vote-buying practices. Worse, amid the pandemi...
Indonesia prepares to face rainy season amid health crisis
With the rainy season approaching, Indonesia will have to confront potentially hazardous flooding at a time when the government is unable to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, the national COVID-19 task force has warned the public to be caut...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Labor issues settled, job creation bill ready to be passed into law
The House of Representatives and the government concluded the deliberation of sensitive labor issues in the omnibus bill on job creation during their marathon meeting last weekend, with all the political parties in the government coalition now in sup...
Antam to get new gold mine in Papua to help boost performance
At the time of rising gold prices, publicly listed state-owned mineral miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) saw its profit plunge by 80.18 percent year-on-year to Rp 84.82 billion (US$5.71 million) in the first semester this year. In order to boost perform...
Tobacco excise to rise amid growing protest
The government will announce this month an increase in the tobacco excise for 2021. Along with this, the targeted state revenue from excise will also be increased by 4.71 percent to Rp 172.75 trillion. This plan has been met with opposition both from...
Indonesia slips into recession
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on September 22 finally acknowledged the harsh economic reality by announcing a downward economic projection for the third quarter into a contraction within the range of 1 to 2.9 percent, from previously either...
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