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Tenggara Backgrounder October 09, 2020
POLITICS
How Jokowi pushed through the job creation omnibus law
The House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday, Oct. 5, approved the highly controversial omnibus bill on job creation after outsmarting the detractors who tried their best to derail the legislative process.
Military gets increased budget amid financial strain
Indonesia’s Defense Ministry has seen a gradual increase in its budget over the past few years, aimed at strengthening the Indonesian Military’s (TNI) capabilities. For many years, however, the defense budget has been a point of contention, as it rem...
Violence prevails as opposition to Special Autonomy Law mounts
Frequent shootings in Intan Jaya, Papua, in September are glaring evidence of the government’s failure to solve the long-standing conflict and separatism in Papua and West Papua. The Special Autonomy Law, which gives the two provinces relatively free...
Mapping ‘red zone’ areas: Fertile ground for horizontal conflicts
Some of the 270 regions holding local elections in December will require close monitoring by both the polls body and security authorities due to their vulnerability to communal conflict. Even outside election season, when political tension increases,...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Landmark job creation law angers many, pleases many
The House of Representatives passed the omnibus bill on job creation in a sudden plenary session held on Monday sooner than the initial plan for Thursday. The newly passed law has surprised many, not only because of its sudden passage, but more so be...
Omnibus law undermines labor rights to attract investment
The newly passed Job Creation Law is expected to boost investment, create employment and help with the national economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic at the expense of existing workers in the formal sector whose rights may be undermined as t...
Govt proceeds with bail-in for Jiwasraya
The government believes a bail-in is the best way to rescue the problem-ridden state-owned PT Asuransi Jiwasraya and pay out on its unpaid policies. The House of Representatives has given the government the go-ahead to inject Rp 22 trillion (US$1.49...
Investors wait for Perppu on financial system after omnibus law
The government and the House of Representatives successfully passed the omnibus bill on job creation into law on Monday. However, investors in the financial market, particularly foreign investors, did not celebrate the moment because they were more c...
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