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Tenggara Backgrounder September 17, 2021
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Jokowi leaves everyone guessing about Cabinet reshuffle
After the National Mandate Party (PAN) decided to join President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s coalition at the end of last month, rumors of another Cabinet reshuffle immediately surfaced. But after weeks of waiting there has been no clarity as to whether t...
Parties in coalition are real opposition to Jokowi government
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo does not face any real opposition in the House of Representatives. His coalition government is made up of seven of the nine political parties represented in the House which together control 82 percent of the seats. Any...
Yasonna under fire after prison inferno kills 41
Law and Human Rights Minister Yassona Laoly has come under fire yet again, with some politicians and civil society groups going so far as to demand his dismissal from the Cabinet following the inferno at Tangerang Penitentiary that left 41 inmates de...
Vigilance key as COVID-19 appears to subside
It appears that Indonesia has finally emerged from the Delta-spurred second wave that devastated the country in July. The country has reported a positivity rate of below 5 percent and a decline in the nationwide hospital bed occupancy rate to below 3...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Construction of first EV battery begins, luxury tax exemptions for EVs
The era of electric vehicles (EVs) in Indonesia may eventually arrive as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo broke ground on the construction of the first EV battery plant in Southeast Asia in Kerawang, West Java, on Wednesday, as the government would giv...
Lost in insolvency lawsuit, Garuda’s restructuring in jeopardy
Beleaguered flag carrier Garuda Indonesia lost a lawsuit for the payment of aircraft rental fees at the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). The lawsuit, filed by lessors Helice and Atterrisage (Goshawk), demanded that the state-owned ai...
RI’s first high-speed rail faces ballooning costs, reduced equity
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway is suffering from a swelling 30 percent cost overrun amounting to US$1.9 billion from $6.07 billion to $7.97 billion as a result of higher construction, land acquisition and operational costs caused by a delay i...
Ooredoo, Hutchison agree Indosat-Tri merger
Qatari multinational telecommunications company Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. and Hong Kong-based conglom-erate CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. have finally reached an agreement to merge their telecommunica-tions businesses in Indonesia, namely PT Indosat and PT Hutch...
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