April 7, 2015 edition

THE Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) provisional decision on the Golkar party has opened a new chapter in debate over which faction of the party has a rightful claim over its leadership. In his ruling, Judge Teguh Setya instructed the Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly to postpone the confirmation of Agung Laksono's authority to manage the party on account of complaints from Aburizal Bakrie's faction. "Alhamdulillah, the truth is starting to show," said the Bakrie faction chairman, Ade Komarudin.
The House of Representatives (DPR) to suspend the status of Golkar as a consequence of the judge's ruling. According to the House's Deputy Chairman Fadli Zon, the party whose symbol is a banyan tree will be reconfirmed only after the party decides a management system internally. Agung's faction tried to wrench control from Aburizal's faction on the same day as Fadli's announcement.

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January 1, 1970 edition

OVER the past three years, the cruelty exhibited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the whole world. Nations are now on the alert for signs of ISIS activity within their own borders. Indonesia is no exception.

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January 1, 1970 edition

THE public is tired of watching the feud between Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and members of the Jakarta Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD). The 2015 Regional Budget (APBD) has still not been decreed as a regional regulation because of the crisis between the two parties. As a result, Rp73.08 trillion of funds cannot be disbursed. A number of development projects are stuck and employee benefits have not been paid for the two months.
Of the 1,328 respondents that joined last week's Tempo poll, 63.1 percent agreed the government could use the 2014 Regional Budget instead. However, doing so would create complications, because not all the programs outlined in the 2015 budget were budgeted last year. For example, in the 2015 budget plan, funds allocated for Jakarta civil-servant allowances amount to Rp10.8 trillion, or 16.09 percent of the total budget. In the 2014 budget, such funds are drastically reduced.

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January 1, 1970 edition

AT the end of February, Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama dropped off a bundle of documents at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters. Inside was information on a number of procurement projects in the 2014 and 2015 Regional Budget (APBD) that Basuki suspected of being marred by 'phantom programs'. "The phantom budget hiding in the 2015 APBD comes out to around Rp12 trillion," he said.

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January 1, 1970 edition

LATELY motor bike robbers have been a source of terror in the streets. People are afraid to pass by empty roads alone at night. Two weeks ago on Tuesday, fear turned into brutality. At Pondok Aren, in the province of Tangerang, a mob chased, beat then burned down a robber named Hendriansyah aged 22, alive.
The incident took place only three kilometers away from the Pondok Aren police station. The police said they did not get the report on time. "The body was already scorched when a member of our team reached the location," the Pondok Aren police criminal investigation unit chief Insp. Agung S. Aji said.

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March 3, 2015 edition

PRESIDENT Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's chose to suspend two of the four Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners when they were reported to the police. He replaced commissioners Abraham Samad and his deputy Bambang Widjojanto with acting leaders: Taufiequrachman Ruki, Indriyanto Seno Adji and Johan Budi Sapto Prabowo.

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February 24, 2015 edition

EVERYBODY knows that flooding in Jakarta cannot be solved by the provincial government alone. It can only be solved if the central and provincial government work together. President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has set deadlines for the completion of a number of flood-control programs, and has moved up the finishing date for the Rp492.8 billion-Ciliwung canal project, which will connect the Ciliwung river with the East Flood Canal. "It was planned to be completed in December, but I have requested it to be finished by October this year," Jokowi said on an unannounced visit to the canal in Kebon Nanas, East Jakarta.
A number of projects have been accelerated in a race against the rainy-season downpours, including river dredging, drainage-system repairs, and finishing the Rp1 trillion-plus dam construction projects in Bogor, West Java. Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, has cautioned against turning Jakarta into a 'sink'. "The water in this sink must be pumped out (into the ocean)," he said.

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