The Long Road to State Companies Super-holding
The plan for a super-holding for state-owned enterprises dates back to the New Order era. The SOEs Ministry will be replaced by a giant corporation.
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The plan for a super-holding for state-owned enterprises dates back to the New Order era. The SOEs Ministry will be replaced by a giant corporation.
The Joko Widodo administration leaves a heavy burden for state-owned enterprises. Many projects result in big debts.
Megawati reportedly did not approve of PDI-P cadres entering Prabowo’s cabinet. She chose Pramono Anung to communicate with Prabowo.
Jakarta's regulations were considered as failing to fulfill the aspirations of differently-abled people
Tempo accompanied several differently-abled people as they navigated public transportation in Jakarta.
Indonesia is poised to fall into the middle-income trap. Only a few people enjoy the economy pie.
President-elect Prabowo’s cabinet is predicted to be filled by more than 40 ministries in an effort to accommodate the interest of the parties supporting him.
Preparing 2.9 million hectares of land under the food estate program in Merauke, South Papua, the government aims to achieve rice and sugar self-sufficiency within three to four years. Mirroring the previous failed food estate initiative.
Police uncover baby trafficking syndicate operating in Java-Bali since 2023. Five babies were already sold.
The PDI-P will be nominating Anies Baswedan in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. A popular candidate against Jokowi’s coalition.
BRIN is designing the Peluit-40 nuclear reactor to replace diesel power plants, claiming it to be safer.
The government continues with its plan to make vehicle insurance and third-party liability insurance compulsory. There is suspicion that insurance is used to collect money from the public.
The PDI-P plans to nominate Anies Baswedan in the Jakarta gubernatorial election and is preparing to face candidates supported by Jokowi in other regions.
Jokowi’s betrayal of the PDI-P should serve as a lesson: politics is not about seeking power, but trying to bring about democracy.
The PDI-P opens itself up to supporting Prabowo Subianto. Testing the water through the simultaneous regional head elections.
The KPK named three suspects in the corruption case involving personal protective equipment. Other high-ranking officials are also implicated.
Two bread brands are suspected of using a type of preservative that is not allowed in food. It is believed as a way to attack small and medium-scale bread producers.
The presence of Okko and Aoka disturbs home-industry breads produced by micro, small and medium businesses.
The merger between Tokopedia and TikTok Shop shifts the e-commerce business competition. The new entity is competing with Shopee.
The PDI-P is facing a dilemma between maintaining its access to the government and protecting democracy. Corrections are needed for the damage of the last 10 years.
PDI-P cadres and volunteers refuse to let the party join the Prabowo Subianto coalition. The party’s stance remains unclear.
PDI-P has yet to decide whether to become the opposition or join Prabowo Subianto’s coalition. There is concern about losing the seat of House Speaker.
Political parties that supported the Prabowo-Gibran presidential ticket plan to form a permanent coalition for the 2024 regional head elections. They are strengthening themselves in the provinces.
Middle-class society is being squeezed. They don't get social assistance. Nor do they have enough savings while they incur the burdening debts.
Prabowo Subianto is actively lobbying the PDI-P, NasDem, and PKB. The Opportunity to get into Prabowo’s cabinet is wide open.
All residents of Sembulang Hulu on Rempang Island are united in rejecting relocation for the Rempang Eco-City project. The relocation land is still being disputed.
The finances of Indonesian railroad company KAI are suffering because of having to operate the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train. A number of efforts to save it actually make matters worse.
Prabowo-Gibran is likely to win the presidential election in one round. They were boosted by the ‘Jokowi effect’ and Ganjar-Mahfud’s landslide defeat.
The Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team Chief Rosan Perkasa Roeslani responds to allegations of election frauds that purportedly benefitted the pair.
Operators of the Jawa-1 steam-gas power plant are in a financial strain. Technical problems are slowing down the project’s development.
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train is considered less competitive than the Argo Parahyangan regular train service. The company is working to boost its non-passenger revenue.
The Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud camps are cooperating to prevent election trickery. They are preparing a coalition in the second round.
Acting regional heads are working for a Prabowo-Gibran presidential election victory. This report is a collaboration between Independen.id, AJI Indonesia, and USAID Media-Internews.
The police and a number of government ministries are working for a Prabowo-Gibran election victory. Some are using state funds for this purpose.
Adhi Karya denies that subcontractors supply fill soil from illegal mining for the Yogyakarta-Bawen toll road project.
Pseudo-democracy only sees voters as electoral subordination.
Prabowo and Gibran’s electability rates started stalling in November 2023. In several regions, support for Prabowo is eroded by the Anies-Muhaimin ticket.
The Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud camps are maneuvering to prevent a one-round presidential election. They are sharing data on frauds and exploring a possible coalition.
President Jokowi is believed to be upset about the electability of the Prabowo-Gibran presidential bid, which is polling at less than 50 percent. He wants a one-round election win.
The Ganjar-Mahfud pair divides the role in netting the votes of millennials and Gen Z. They are trailing behind the ‘gemoy’ gimmick on TikTok.
Budiman Sudjatmiko and other 1998 activists are gathering support for Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka. They are deemed pragmatic and accused of forgetting history.
Reports on the Presidential Regulation on the Rempang Eco-City and the Jayapura riots.
The Anies-Muhaimin coalition is breaking as the 2024 elections approach. Political parties’ campaigns are impacted by the disharmony.
The KPU is slow in preparing the presidential debates. It is considered to favor the Prabowo-Gibran pair.
Iriana, the wife of Jokowi, has been advocating for Gibran Rakabuming Raka to become Prabowo’s vice-presidential running mate since the beginning of the year. She is actively garnering support among entrepreneurs.
Solo becomes one of the battlegrounds for the presidential campaigns of Prabowo-Gibran and Ganjar-Mahfud. They fight over campaign advertisement locations.
The PLN and a Chinese company are negotiating a study of the Java-Sumatra transmission and interconnection network. Other countries are also pursuing it.
Having no democratic legitimacy, Gibran Rakabuming Raka must withdraw his candidacy for the vice-presidency.
The government plans to continue the fast-train project to Surabaya. This is a debt trap staring us in the face.
The Prabowo-Gibran presidential campaign has assessed the impact of the dismissal of Anwar Usman as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. They are downplaying the issue of a Jokowi political dynasty.
The Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed train will disrupt other modes of transportation. Tariffs would depend on the investment value.
China and Indonesia have begun an assessment of the Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed train. The project would add to the Belt and Road Initiative’s achievements.
News of public officials’ campaigns for Prabowo-Gibran and the court verdict in the child kidney failure case.
Surya Airways is enlivening the low-cost flight business. The emergence of new airline companies is not yet proportional to demand.
President Jokowi actively supported the Prabowo-Gibran presidential nomination ahead of the Constitutional Court’s decision. A state institution was utilized to support the effort.
Constitutional Court Chief Justice Anwar Usman is reportedly maneuvering to lower the minimum age limit for presidential and vice-presidential candidates, paving the way for Gibran.
A number of volunteers are pushing for a Prabowo-Gibran presidential bid. They are hoping that a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court regarding age requirements for candidates will be decided in their favor.
Prabowo Subianto will almost certainly choose Gibran Rakabuming Raka as his vice-presidential running mate. Jokowi supports a Prabowo-Gibran ticket.
The Constitutional Court reportedly already made a decision in favor of a lawsuit regarding the minimum age requirement for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The issue is rife with conflicts of interest.
Anies-Muhaimin tries to embrace Nahdlatul Ulama sympathizers. The pair reacts to accusations of identity politics and right-wing affinity.
KCIC is considering its tariff for the Whoosh high-speed train. There is the option to change Argo Parahyangan’s route to eliminate competition for Whoosh.
Potential loss looms over the Jakarta-Bandung fast train. KAI is forced to increase debt and find ways to cover the cost of operations.
Indonesia’s first pumped storage hydroelectric power plant will generate 1,040 megawatts, the largest capacity in the country.
The idea for a Prabowo Subianto-Ganjar Pranowo presidential ticket resurfaces. Both camps are resolved to field their nominees as presidential candidates.
A company from China plans to build a glass factory in the Rempang Eco-City. It merges a tourist area with a quartz processing project.
Coal-fired PLTUs are the world’s biggest carbon polluters. Green taxonomy revisions open up possibilities for transition-washing.
Anies Baswedan choses Muhaimin Iskandar to be his vice-presidential running mate. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono is eliminated in the final turn.
ISIS sympathizer Dananjaya Erbening had dozens of ready-to-use firearms and ammunition. He raised funds through charity.
Muhaimin Iskandar is insistent on becoming the vice-presidential candidate in Prabowo’s coalition. The PPP is considering of withdrawing from Ganjar’s coalition.
The signature of Sarwono Kusumaatmadja was used to validate the names of candidates for echelon-I officials of the Environment and Forestry Ministry. The announcement letter was issued when he was hospitalized in Malaysia.
The recycling process of used Coca-Cola plastic bottles at Amandina Bumi Nusantara gets community support.
Closing down Al-Zaytun is not a solution. State officials must relinquish their political links with it.
Singapore is able to finance its energy transition using low-cost funding. Indonesia’s green financing relies on grants and loans.
Boasting the largest bandwidth capacity in Asia, the Satria-1 satellite took to the skies. It will provide fast Internet access in remote regions.
Helen Keller, a deaf-blind woman, became known throughout the world for being able to read and writing 14 books.
A Laotian choreographer performed at the Helatari Salihara 2023 event synergizing hip-hop moves with dance steps from his own traditions.
A summary of our news, from Prabowo Subianto’s proposal for the Russia-Ukraine war to Luhut Pandjaitan’s special privileges.
Vice-presidential candidates will determine who will be the 8th President of Indonesia. Why?
In the hands of politicians drunk on electoral politics, it is difficult for Indonesian soccer to develop. The cancellation of the U-20 World Cup is just collateral damage.
Tiza Mafira is actively waging war against single-use plastics. She co-founded the Indonesian Plastic Diet Movement.
Makarim Wibisono talks about a myriad of problems faced by the Non-Judicial Resolution Team for Past Serious Human Rights Violations.
For Indonesia, the plan for bauxite export ban will be a self-inflicted double blow. Besides lowering export earnings, domestic bauxite mining firms will face big trouble.
The experience of taking the South Korean high-speed train to Busan.
ASEAN agrees in principle to accept Timor-Leste to become its 11th member.
Sugar producers claim they were not involved in the discussion of sugar self-sufficiency regulations. They question the import quota for raw sugar.
The government is formulating a presidential regulation to fast-track sugar self-sufficiency. The SOEs Ministry is fusing sugar mills into Sugar Co to boost production. However, the import facility given to PTPN III sparks allegations of monopoly.
Barring the entry of five foreign researchers underlines the anti-science and anti-criticism stance of Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya. This is a danger for the environment.
The training was given to PNM Mekaar customers in the Purwokerto area with a total of 50 participants. #Infotempo
Controversies follow news of Andika Perkasa and Dudung Abdurachman’s thorny relationship. The PDI-P is attempting to quell Dudung’s fury.
A letter suggesting Oakland’s concept for building an environmental-friendly Jakarta.
Why do Joko Widodo’s supporters continue promoting his third-term presidency?
As many as 30,000 SOE-fostered MSMEs received training and NIB certificates. The training was held gradually from August to October. #Infotempo
The European Union will implement a due diligence regulation to ensure that products entering the continent are deforestation-free. Is Indonesia’s Timber Legality Assurance System compatible with the new regulation?
It is time production of single-use plastic be ended. Consumers should simply boycott products using non-environmental-friendly packaging, such as single-use plastic.
The agriculture ministry created a Cattle Village Corporation program known as the 1,000 Cattle Villages in 2020 in the quest for self-sufficiency in beef supply. Local cows are mated with Australian cattle.
The criminal nature of the gratuities accepted by Lili Pintauli Siregar was enough to take the deputy chair of the KPK to court. This is momentum to restore the dignity of the anti-graft commission.
The government is to inject Rp7.5 trillion of fresh funds into Garuda Indonesia. This has the risk of turning into a long-term burden.
Air quality in Jakarta is deemed the worst in the world. Pollutants come from transportation, and cross-border air contamination from West Java and Banten.
The relationship between Joko Widodo and the PDI-P is strained due to signals of support for Ganjar Pranowo. The party is looking at potential presidential candidates besides Puan Maharani.
The pay-later industry is flourishing and the quick credit scheme gains popularity among the millennials. The Financial Services Authority (OJK) reminds the public to be wise in using pay-later.
With the Supreme Court’s judicial mafia, when one branch is lopped off, another 10 grow in its place. It needs to be comprehensively cleaned up.
The Supreme Court dismissed three judges suspected of accepting bribes in the Ronald Tannur case. This adversely impacts efforts to improve the judiciary.
Judicial Commission Chair Amzulian Rifai on the corruption in judicial institution involving judges.
Judicial Commission Chairman Amzulian Rifai explains the boundaries of his authority in dealing with judges, and the Judicial Commission Bill.
The naming of yet another Supreme Court secretary as a suspect only confirms the ramshackle state of our judicial system. A complete overhaul of the oversight mechanism is needed.
Judicial Commission chair Mukti Fajar Nur Dewata on the arrest of two chief judges by KPK, and the judicial mafia.
The Ferdy Sambo trial is marred by a video of a conversation between a judge and a woman. Beware of the judicial mafia.
Unethical conduct by Commissioners of the Judicial Commission has led to internal conflict. Oversight of judges must not be neglected.
Leadership in the Judicial Commission has split in the past three years. There was an anonymous letter highlighted on a number of commissioners.
AIDUL Fitriciada Azhari, 48, turned out to be the dark horse in the search for a chairman of the Judicial Commission. He was a last-minute entry after the House of Representatives' (DPR) law commission rejected two of the candidates, and he got the job. "I wasn't even under consideration so it was just pure chance," said Aidul at his Jakarta office last week.
He is now responsible for completing the work to be done by the commission, from reinforcing its legitimacy to ironing out relations with the Supreme Court and addressing the problem of judges' safety. "All this is to protect the integrity of the judiciary," he told Tempo reporters Tulus Wijanarko, Fransisco Rosarians and Raymundus Rikang.
It is becoming more difficult for Judit Nemeth-Pach, the Hungarian ambassador to Indonesia, to find some free time for her hobby, rock climbing. At 32 years old, she is also the youngest person to lead a diplomatic mission of the country.
She started doing extreme sports three years ago after a hiking trip at a mountain in Austria. "I wanted to find something really challenging," she told Tempo English during a media gathering in Jakarta two weeks ago. Nemeth-Pach then tried the Via Ferrata tour, which is a combination of hiking and rock climbing with an attached steel cable along the safety route.
THE controversy over the appointment of a new police chief has receded to the background. But its domino effect continues. One key aspect in the spotlight is the controversial verdict over the pre-trial motion issued by Judge Sarpin Rizaldi at the South Jakarta District Court. He granted the motion submitted by Police Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan to invalidate his indictment by the KPK.
His verdict created a wave of legal and political reverberation. One day later, anti-corruption activists under the Coalition of Civil Societies reported Sarpin to the Judicial Commission, a state organization mandated to supervise and review legal verdicts as to whether the judges' code of ethics has been breached. "The worst sanction against him would be dismissal," said Judicial Commission Chairman Suparman Marzuki.
The Judicial Commission and Supreme Court are to hold a joint sitting of the Judges Ethics Board over a judge who had an extra-marital affair. This will be the first such case to be heard by the Board.
The Legal Affairs Commission has returned the names of candidates for Supreme Court justices to the Judicial Commission. The search for top-quality candidates remains a difficult one.
The DPR has just passed the new Judicial Commission Bill. Now, not only having the power to compulsorily summon Supreme Court Judges, the commission may also tap the telephones of any judges who show signs of acting inappropriately.
The AGO opts for a judicial review of the pretrial ruling in the Bibit-Chandra case. The prosecutor will not bring the case to court.
The Judicial Commission is specially monitoring the South Jakarta District Court. There have been many complaints about the judges and the court clerks.
The Judicial Commission Bill will be deliberated next week. But how effective will efforts to clean up the judiciary be?
The performance of non-career judges in the nation's highest judicial body has come under scrutiny. Are such judges responsible for the backlog of cases?
The government has requested the establishment of an independent tax judiciary, outside the four existing ones. According to the House of Representatives, the tax judicature should remain within the jurisdiction of the administrative court.
The work and strategies of the Online Gambling Task Force lack clear direction. It should be focusing on the gambling bosses.
Tommy Hermawan Lo’s name emerges following the mention of Mr. T in online gambling that involves human trafficking case. He is a director at a casino management company.
An interview with Jerry Hermawan Lo. He denies the allegation that he runs an online gambling scheme.
Victims of human trafficking for online gambling and scamming in Cambodia claimed of being forced to work 12-hour shifts and being beaten. Recruitment is still ongoing.
PPATK Chief Ivan Yustiavandana reveals his agency’s findings regarding online gambling transactions involving DPR members.
Online frauds are rife. How to tackle them?
Online investment is booming during the Covid-19 pandemic. People need to be more careful.
Perpetrators of sexual violence are now hunting potential victims online. More and more adolescents and children have fallen victim.
In order to attract buyers, online shopping applications are offering free shipping for items shipped from abroad.
Hundreds of people have fallen victim to illegal online moneylending services. They are charging high rates and abusing personal data.
The government has issued Transportation Minister Regulation No. 108/2017 on Non-route Public Transportation, which regulates, among others, the minimum and maximum rates for online taxis.
ONLINE, app-based taxis will increase their rates after a regulation on their base-line rates takes effect on April 1. The regulation is included in the Revised Transportation Minister Regulation No. 32/2016 on non-route transportation services.
Managements of online, application-based transportation services agreed with the government's decision to apply a baseline rate effective April 1. "We are applying [the regulation] with fairness, as well as safety, in mind. There will be quotas and baseline rates. We believe all parties will comply and agree to follow the regulation we have drafted," Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said last week.
The ads offering free delivery by a number of online stores caught the attention of Romi Siska Putra. As the director of Bagaskara Semesraya International, he is always on the lookout for such promotions to boost his company's online sales.
Bagaskara distributes a number of locally-made multivitamin products for women and children. The Yogyakarta-based company focuses on digital marketing sales. One of his marketing techniques: taking advantage of free delivery or subsidized delivery programs in the online market such as Blibli, Mataharimall, and Shopee. "We jump in as soon as there's an offer for free e-commerce delivery," he told Tempo last week.
The lure of a high income led Tejo, who had been unemployed for a year, to join Uber. Using a 2015 Karimun Wagon owned by an older sibling, the 35-year-old man registered with the application-based online transportation service company. Two weeks ago was his debut as an Uber driver on the streets of Jakarta.
Despite his lack of knowing all the capital city's streets, the Bintaro resident decided to risk it. He often heard of Uber drivers making over Rp10 million a month. "So I went ahead and tried it. The important thing was that in a day I could take home at least Rp500,000 net," Tejo told Tempo.
THE assumption that shopping online is unsafe was reinforced when the public recently heard of a person who ordered an iPhone 6 and was sent a bar of soap. In the middle of such news, last week's Tempo poll showed that of 466 readers, 54.1 percent felt that online shopping is susceptible to crimes.
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.
A few weeks ahead of its launch, the Lippo Group-owned online shopping site, MatahariMall.com, is boldly predicting it will become the top e-commerce site in Indonesia, planning to sell more 500,000 products. "This online shopping site will be the Indonesian version of Alibaba," boasted executive director John Riady, referring to the online retail giant from China, which last September earned a record-breaking US$25 billion (around Rp325 trillion) from its initial public offering (IPO).
AN avatar of a gorgeous, young Chinese girl no longer appears on www.m88.com, a gambling site. On Wednesday last week, Tempo could still access the site, which offers a variety of gambling games. The next day, no more. "We blocked it after receiving a request from the National Police Headquarters," Communications and Information Technology Ministry spokesman Cawidu Ismail told Tempo last week.
As of August 22, the National Police's Cyber Crime Unit had reported 122 online gambling sites. Processing the proposal to block the application took several days because it had to go through the ministry first. "We can process directly when a request is sent to [email protected]," Cawidu said.
It has not even been a year, yet Zalora's warehouse in Ciracas, East Jakarta, is already crowded. Each day 10,000 items enter the online retailer's storage space. The company plans to move to a bigger warehouse. "A minimum of 10,000 square meters," Zalora Vice President of Operations Hadi Kuncoro told Tempo.
Zalora has changed warehouses four times in the last two years. Initially it occupied a space on Jalan Tirtayasa in South Jakarta that served as office and warehouse. The mounting inventory forced Zalora to find something bigger. By last year the number of orders were four-and-a-half times what they had been at the business' founding in 2012.
As online shopping becomes widespread in Indonesia, book markets vie for a piece of the action. But will the book culture take root in the land of social media?
Martin Hartono, the son of the Djarum Group’s owner, is investing hundreds of billions of rupiah in kaskus.us website. The largest Indonesian online community website will be synergized with companies belonging to Djarum, including BCA.
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