maaf email atau password anda salah

May 26, 2015 edition

TO fight prostitution, Sweden imposes heavy punishments for those who pay for sex. The country's Sex Purchase Law, enacted on January 1, 1999, threatens such persons with fines of up to 25,000 krona (about Rp39 million), lengthy community service, and one-year prison terms.

Read More

More Indicator articles in other editions

May 19, 2015 edition

RUMORS of reshuffling the Working Cabinet have grown louder. Even when the reshuffle is the president's prerogative right, Vice President Jusuf Kalla wants Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo to reorganize the formation of his ministers and senior officials. As many as 72.1 percent of respondents in last week's Tempo.co poll also believe this is the right time to reshuffle the cabinet, after only eight months in office.
In another survey conducted at the same time, respondents believe Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani is the most suitable to be replaced. The reasons given by respondents were similar. Overall they believe Puan was appointed minister at the request of her mother, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri. According to respondents, Jokowi would be perceived as decisive and would lose his image as the 'puppet president' if he has the courage to fire Puan.

Read More

May 12, 2015 edition

INDONESIA hands down the death penalty for murderers and drug dealers. It is a policy that the majority of the Indonesian public seems to support. Despite a global outcry over the execution of eight drug traffickers in recent weeks, the majority of respondents to last week's Tempo poll support the government's position.

Read More

May 5, 2015 edition

THE Asia-Africa Conference, held two weeks ago and attended by several heads of states, seems to have been a merely ceremonial affair. Half the respondents who followed last week's Tempo poll believed the event, which cost Rp200 billion, was not beneficial for Indonesia. So what were the results of this conference, which took place in Jakarta and Bandung? Underwhelming, to say the least.
President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo made appeals that have been issued by other Indonesian presidents, including on the Palestinian issue. In his opening speech, Jokowi voiced his support for Palestine's freedom from Israeli occupation, citing Indonesia's rejection of all forms of colonialism or suppression. He also urged for reform of the United Nations Security Council.

Read More

April 28, 2015 edition

EDUCATION and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan wanted the national examinations conducted online so that it would be safe and practical. Online tests also allow for multiple versions of the test. "Plus, there is little likelihood of a database break-in," he said.

Read More

April 21, 2015 edition

THE public refuses to accept Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as deputy chief of police. Of the 5,000-plus respondents in last week's Tempo poll, 79.9 percent do not believe the current head of the Police Academy should become deputy chief of police.
Budi is considered to have too many flaws to be the head commander of the police force. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named Budi a graft suspect for bribes he accepted during his time as head of the National Police's Career Development Bureau from 2003 to 2006. Due to this situation, President Joko Widodo withdrew Budi's candidacy as police chief, even though judge Sarpin Rizaldi granted Budi a pretrial suit against the decision. Instead, one-time deputy chief of police, Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti, will fill the position.

Read More

April 14, 2015 edition

THE government has censored a number of websites propagating radical Islamic teachings for allegedly spreading terrorism and supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Tempo.co readers, who follow the polls online, support the government's action.

Read More

Independent journalism needs public support. By subscribing to Tempo, you will contribute to our ongoing efforts to produce accurate, in-depth and reliable information. We believe that you and everyone else can make all the right decisions if you receive correct and complete information. For this reason, since its establishment on March 6, 1971, Tempo has been and will always be committed to hard-hitting investigative journalism. For the public and the Republic.