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Edition 21 May 2019
Cover Story
Crucial Moments
The government detected a potential threat from a “trained” group on the day the elections’ official results are to be announced. The threat is believed to be more dangerous than the known incitements to sedition. There is rumor that the government is preparing snipers for the announcement day
Cover Story
One Election, Two Stances
Prabowo Subianto is bent on rejecting the presidential election’s outcome. Coalition parties are starting to abandon him.
Cover Story
Far-Fetched Claims
Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno and their campaign team are claiming structural, systematic and massive deception in the presidential election. Prabowo has gone as far as claiming victory. Some of these claims have scant evidence.
Special Report
Eureka! Female Inventors
Young, female, and discoverers. These six women show just how bright is the future for women researchers in science, technology, and innovation which tends to be dominated by men. They have made important breakthroughs in areas ranging from medicine to food technology.
Special Report
Inventing in Great Britain
Dewi Nur Aisyah together with her colleagues invented an automatic detecting device for tuberculosis. She applied the machine learning technology.
Special Report
Luak Coffee Tracker
She is first to discover a formula to identify the authenticity of luak coffee. Her work became an international reference.
Special Report
A Gene Bringing Hope
Despite facing difficulties during her first year doctoral studies, Korri Elvanita El Khobar made an important breakthrough in medical science.
Special Report
Turning Oil Palm Waste Into Cellphone Screens
Athanasia Amanda Septevani is using empty oil palm tree fruit clusters as material to make screens for electronic devices. It is environmentally friendly and will likely be far less expensive.
Special Report
Indri Badria Adilina: The Magic Spell of Catalysts
Indri Badria Adilina finds raw materials for industrial products processed from local natural resources. Her discovery may be an answer to reducing reliance on imported catalysts.
Special Report
Special Report
Ratih Damayanti: Inspired by Wood Anatomy
Economy
Pressure from Passengers
The government has lowered the ceiling for air ticket prices. Air Asia is asked to balance out Garuda’s and Lion Air’s domination.
Economy
Import as a Last Resort
The lag in garlic supply has sparked price hikes. The Trade Ministry has yet to approve State Logistics Agency to start importing this staple spice.
Economy
A Hard Choice to Nurture Economic Growth
Indonesia's key economics indicators for Q1-2019 are out with many bad scores in them. At the same time, global financial market is in turmoil. The US-China trade war rages on, and the US-Iran conflict is escalating towards an open war.
Law
Evidence of Intervention by Minister Lukman
The KPK has strong evidence of the involvement of Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin in a bribery case implicating former PPP General Chairman Muhammad Romahurmuziy. There is proof of receipt of funds and a meeting with the suspect.
Photo
Picture Window
A PARTY FOR DEMOCRACY
Interview
Budi Karya Sumadi, Transportation Minister: Everybody complains about airplane tickets
Two weeks ago, the #PecatBudiKarya (#FireBudiKarya) campaign reverberated across Twitter.
Arts
“Orpheus, I Will Not Return”
At the Salihara last week, Melati Suryodarmo presented Goenawan Mohamad’s poem Orfeus (Orpheus) as a choreography.
Outreach
An Online Sanctuary for Rare Sounds
Palmer Keen’s interest in Indonesia’s culture and traditions has taken him to the country’s various corners, to record unique sounds. He archives the histories of these musical instruments.
Letters
Wisjnuprapto’s Response
I was stunned to read the simple and casual reply of Tempo of the May 6-12, 2019 edition to my clarification, saying that “The writer of the article, Hussein Abri Dongoran, met with you in the house on Jalan Kertanegara 4, South Jakarta, on April 17, 2019 at around 3pm.
Cartoon
*It’s empty, Sir... You want to move to Kalimantan, right? Well, that’s good...
Cartoon: Yuyun Nurachman
Opinion
A Knight Or A Demagogue
For Prabowo Subianto, the presidential election this time may well be the last opportunity for his bid for presidency.
Opinion
Mismanaging Garlic
The cabinet’s mismanagement has sent the garlic price to go through the roof. The inter-ministerial coordination and the market mechanism need to be fixed.
Opinion
Inspirational Minds
Amid the country’s less than robust research activities, several female researchers have made their marks with breakthrough achievements. The sector deserves a budget hike.
Opinion
Entangled Airfares
The government’s decision to lower the ceiling tariff for airline fares will not be effective in controlling prices. The key is in the ministerial level coordination.
Sidelines
We return to Homer’s tale—to the story about seas, sailors, singing sirens, and songs causing death.