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Economy
Donating Digitally
Alms institutions are fast-tracking digital transformation amids the lack of the regulations on zakat.
Opinion
Keeping the State Out
The National Zakat (compulsory alms) Agency, Baznas, is once again calling for civil servants and private employees to be obliged to pay zakat through compulsory salary deductions. The state should not intervene with the management of alms.
Opinion
Keeping Promise for Mangrove
Nickel mining in East Halmahera is damaging the mangrove ecosystem and the livelihoods of local fishermen. It is adding to the destruction of mangrove forests in Indonesia.
Opinion
Repeating History in Papua
The government seems to be repeating the history of colonialism in this nation. The outcome could be like that in Indonesia in 1945.
Opinion
Ready for a Long Battle
The ruling by the Constitutional Court rejecting the judicial review of the formulation and content of the Corruption Eradication Law signifies the end of the road for the anti-graft agency. Jokowi must take most of the responsibility for this.
Cover Story
Our Limitations are According to the Law
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mohammad Mahfud Md said he has communicated with Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Tjahjo Kumolo regarding the status of Corruption Eradication Commission employees. The salaries of those who will become civil servants will stay intact.
Letter From
Wishing to Live for a Thousand Years
The passing of Toriq Hadad constitutes a big loss to Tempo. His last message serves as a legacy for us all.
Letters
WhatsApp Verification Takes Too Long
Readers complains the long verification of Whatsapp when the account is hacked.
Interlude
Nazi Graves and the Story of Deutsche Schule
GERMAN author Horst Henry Geerken follows the trace of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi ideology in Indonesia through the third and fourth volume of his book Hitlers Griff nach Asien. These two newest editions, published last year, continued what Geerken started in his previous volumes with the same title. In his recent books, Geerken delved into the diaries of Otto Coerper, which gave detailed descriptions on some 300 Germans who had been jailed in the Dutch Indies. According to Coerper’s notes, those prisoners were released after the Japanese entered the territories in 1942. They then settled in Sarangan by Mount Lawu in East Java, and set up a German school, or Deutsche Schule. Coerper also formed an officer’s training academy for military police.
The president at the time, Sukarno, sent navy cadets from Yogyakarta to learn German at the Deutsche Schule, so that they could understand military equipment, many of which originated from Germany. Among alumni from the Deutsche Schule are Raden Eddy Martadinata dan Donald Isaac Pandjaitan.
Economy
Donating Digitally
Zakat management institutions are fast-tracking digital transformation despite outdated regulations
Economy
Distribution of Alms Digitalization Takes Five More Years
The National Zakat Agency (Baznas) encourages digital transformation as a strategy to strengthen the performance of alms management. However, Baznas CEO Mohamad Arifin Purwakananta views that the digitalization that has been seriously developed since 2016 has not really been evenly distributed.
Letters
Objection of the Ministry of Villages
Objection of the Ministry of Villages Regarding a Government Official Suspected of Brokering Personnel Recruitment.
Opinion
Empty Promises on Zero Emissions
Environmentalists are criticizing President Joko Widodo for his lack of ambition to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. This is proof that the government does not care about the climate crisis.
Opinion
Toothless Consensus
Although it may sound good, the agreement by ASEAN leaders on Myanmar is non-binding and will be difficult to implement. It is like a dog barking at passing cars.
Opinion
No Surprise from KPK
After the law was revised, criminal acts and violations of ethics by KPK staff, investigators and leaders were predicted from the outset. Rotten at the tail, body and head.
Opinion
Last Words from Nanggala-402
The sinking of KRI Nanggala-402 leaves sorrow and a question: why was a vessel unfit for operations forced to sail? The large-scale procurement of arms is not an answer to the problems with military equipment.
