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Monopoly Returns Under Export Agency

Monday, May 25, 2026

The government establishes Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia as a special export agency. It signifies the return of business monopolies.

Workers fill crude palm oil (CPO) into tanker trucks at Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, August 4, 2022. Tempo/Tony Hartawan. tempo : 178114055937.

NO president since the 1998 Reformasi era has shown as much enthusiasm for steering Indonesia back toward the New Order as Prabowo Subianto. B.J. Habibie sought to shed the image of Suharto’s golden boy. Abdurrahman Wahid, better known as Gus Dur, and Megawati Soekarnoputri even more so. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono cultivated the image of a reformist general. Joko Widodo harbored a quieter ambition to stay in power indefinitely.

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