July 5, 2016 edition
Tito's career in the police force has proceeded at high speed. President Joko Widodo has recommended Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian, 51, as the sole candidate for the National Police chief. The nomination was approved by the House of Representatives (DPR) last week.
Tito graduated at the top of his class from the Police Academy in 1987 and received a PhD in 2013 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He once led the hunt for Tommy Suharto, son of former President Suharto, who was involved in the Supreme Court Justice Syafiuddin Kartasasmita's murder. He also rooted out the terrorist group led by Dr. Azhari and captured another wanted terrorist, Noor Din M. Top.
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June 28, 2016 edition
WITH the collection of 1 million voters' ID cards, Basuki Tjahaja (Ahok) Purnama will be able to enter the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial race as an independent. Friends of Ahok, a volunteer organization that gathered the support, have collected copies of 1,024,632 ID cards from voters and counting.
If one parliament seat is equal to 41,000 votes, then the support for Ahok is equivalent to 25 seats. This is just three seats fewer than the number of seats held by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)-the winning party at the Jakarta legislature. With such popularity, political parties are beginning to look to Ahok.
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June 21, 2016 edition
TRADITIONALLY, prices go up during Ramadan fasting month, especially for food. This year, Joko Widodo's government would like it to be different. "Every year, as we approach Idul Fitri, prices increase. (This time) we would like to have a discount," Jokowi said on the second day of fasting at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.
The government has since taken steps to bring down prices. The ministry of trade lifted import restrictions on beef, sugar, shallots and rice, while the state logistics agency (Bulog) was tasked with reining in soaring prices on rice, corn and soy beans.
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June 14, 2016 edition
LAST Tuesday, a state administrative court judge ruled the license held by Muara Wisesa for the reclamation of Samudra G Island to be null and void. The judge ordered a halt to all reclamation activities until a ruling is delivered by the Supreme Court.
Fishermen welcomed the news with joy. Together with a legal aid institution, they proceeded to forward a lawsuit against the licenses covering other islands. In total, there are 17 islands set for reclamation in the Jakarta Bay.
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June 7, 2016 edition
THE Indonesian legal system is at the end of the line. The public no longer trusts in the judges after so many have been caught taking bribes.
The latest case involves Kepahiang District Court Chief Janner Pure who was apprehended by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) last week. Together with his colleague, Toton, the judge was caught accepting Rp150 million in bribes. The KPK also found Rp500 million while raiding his office.
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May 31, 2016 edition
A COMEDY. This seems to be the proper way to describe the recent Golkar Party chairman election.
Setya Novanto, a former party treasurer and disgraced speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), won the election somewhat anticlimactically. His closest challenger was Ade Komarudin, the current DPR speaker.
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May 24, 2016 edition