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Tenggara Backgrounder September 11, 2020
POLITICS
Economy vs. public health? Indonesia gets neither
Indonesia’s tardy response to the COVID-19 pandemic is now inflicting heavy costs on the nation. By consistently putting the economy before public health, the government has saved neither. Now the country will certainly go into a recession, while the...
Power shift, infighting to pervade Surabaya mayoral race
The upcoming Surabaya mayoral race is expected to not only alter the political landscape of the country’s second-largest city but also the dynamics of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). The Dec. 9 election not only reflects t...
Defense minister eyes second-hand vehicles as MEF deadline nears
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto continues to brush off mounting demand for brand-new weaponry, focusing his plan for military modernization on second-hand military equipment, raising doubts over his calculations in making strategic procurement deci...
One Map Policy remains exclusive
After almost nine years since its initiation by former president SBY, the completion of Indonesia’s One Map Policy finally is drawing near. The policy aims to address widespread land disputes and overlapping claims across the archipelago, attributed...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Economy to stay at rock bottom in Q4 as Anies hits ‘emergency brake’
On Sept. 9, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced his administration’s decision to reimpose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital. The announcement was made after President Jokowi made a statement on Sept. 7 saying that “the key t...
Luhut’s deputy appointed as LPS chief to smoothen financial reform
Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, a deputy to Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, has been appointed to lead the Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS). His appointment, according to some sources, is part of the...
BNI reshuffle places Mandiri bankers in leadership posts
The appointment of Bank Mandiri president director Royke Tumilaar as president director of BNI has added to the long list of ex-Bank Mandiri bankers that have obtained leadership posts at state-owned banks. Internal conflicts and competing leadership...
Telkom’s Blanja.com closes down amid spike in e-commerce growth
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated most economic sectors, but not e-commerce. However, amid the staggering spike in e-commerce growth, the joint marketplace of state-owned telecommunications firm Telkom and US-based marketplace eBay, Blanja.com, ha...
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