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Tenggara Backgrounder October 25, 2024
POLITICS
Prabowo’s cabinet too big to fail
Just after his inauguration, President Prabowo Subianto unveiled his cabinet lineup, demonstrating his accommodative attitude. With most political parties, not to mention organizations like Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, represented in the ca...
No posts for PDI-P, NasDem in Prabowo’s bloated cabinet
Newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto has sworn in Indonesia's largest cabinet since the New Order era, which features politicians from his large electoral alliance, technocrats and familiar faces from the previous cabinet. However, neither th...
Gibran could end up as another ‘spare tire’ vice president
Historically, vice presidents in Indonesia rarely shone because their fate depended on how much space was given to them by the sitting president. Newly sworn-in Gibran Rakabuming Raka may end up as another "spare tire", the popular term to describe v...
National Police rise to the challenge of corruption
The recent formation of the National Police's Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas) by then president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo a few days before he stepped down on Oct. 20 has sparked a discourse about its potential to reshape the country's antigraft cam...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Sri Mulyani’s reappointment sparks excitement and compromise
Sri Mulyani Indrawati was once again appointed finance minister under newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto, making her the first to serve under three different presidents, despite her and Prabowo's initial reluctance. As Sri Mulyani remains i...
Two institutions with one task: Establishing an SOEs super-holding
President Prabowo Subianto's appointment of Muliaman Hadad as the head of the newly established Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) investment management agency has confused the public following the reappointment of Erick Thohir as state-owned enterpr...
Prabowo appoints Luhut as head of revived National Economic Council
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan was sworn in by President Prabowo Subianto on Oct. 21, 2024, alongside over 100 ministers, deputy ministers, and minister-level officials in the newly expanded cabinet. A fellow retired honorary general, Luhut has been named h...
Prabowo’s promises self-sufficiency amid energy trilemma
President Prabowo Subianto has vowed to achieve energy self-sufficiency amid ongoing geopolitical tensions while emphasizing the country's abundance of renewable energy sources to develop greener power, such as biodiesel. However, Prabowo's aim could...
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