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Judicial Commission Chair Amzulian Rifai on the corruption in judicial institution involving judges.
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Judicial Commission Chair Amzulian Rifai on the corruption in judicial institution involving judges.
The PDI-P received the most positions as leaders of the DPR working bodies. Surya Paloh met with Bahlil Lahadalia to discuss the allocation of commission chairs.
KPU Chair Mochammad Afifuddin on turbulence within his institution following the dismissal of Hasyim Asy’ari, and the Constitutional Court’s decision on the regional head elections.
Tempo’s interview with Minister of Communication and Informatics Budi Arie Setiadi about Jokowi’s campaign before the end of his tenure.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Muhammad Syarifuddin uses artificial intelligence to handle cases. Case brokers continue to be a threat.
The first agenda item on Pope Francis’ visit was to meet with marginalized communities. The Pope encourages Catholic Church leaders to welcome Muslim refugees.
The 2025 State Budget accommodates several of Prabowo Subianto’s programs. Lobbying efforts are underway to ensure the smooth implementation of these priority programs.
The name of M.H. Thamrin is immortalized in Jakarta’s main road and village improvement projects. He also played a role in the media.
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.
The conflict between the PKB and PBNU escalates following the establishment of the Special Committee for Haj by the DPR. Nahdlatul Ulama feels the DPR is targeting the Religious Affairs Minister, the younger brother of the PBNU General Chair.
Muhammadiyah follows Nahdlatul Ulama’s step to accept mining concession offer from the government. Muhammadiyah General Chair Haedar Nashir explains about it.
Muhammadiyah accepts the government’s mining concession offer. Many members are against it. Busyro Muqoddas, Chair of Muhammadiyah’s Law and Human Rights Council explains.
Muhammadiyah cadres and administrators are divided in their response to the mining concession. There are whispers from the government and the entrepreneurs.
Communication and Informatics Minister Budi Arie explains the cyberattack on the Temporary National Data Center. He dismisses allegations of negligence.
The merger between Tokopedia and TikTok Shop shifts the e-commerce business competition. The new entity is competing with Shopee.
A number of Prabowo Subianto supporters have been appointed as SOE commissioners. This risks compromising their oversight function.
BP Tapera Commissioner, Heru Pudyo Nugroho, explains the compulsory 3 percent cut of monthly income for the public housing savings scheme.
Muhammadiyah’s business networks cover various sectors, from education to financial services. It seeks to create a closed economic ecosystem.
Muhammadiyah withdrew trillions of rupiah from Bank Syariah Indonesia. It was the accumulation of various problems, from operational matters to appointment of commissioners.
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.
Mohammad Nuh, chairman of the Forum for Boards of Trustees of Legal Entity State Universities, explains the polemic over the single tuition fee (UKT).
Communication and Informatics Minister Budi Arie Setiadi talks about the polemic over the planned revision of the Broadcasting Law and the Starlink Internet service.
UIN Sunan Kalijaga professor Muhammad Amin Abdullah explains Islamic environmental jurisprudence in relation to climate change.
KPU Chair Hasyim Asy'ari explains about a host of problems during the 2024 elections as well as the ethical violation KPU committed in Gibran’s nomination registration.
Community participation is yet to be accommodated in the draft government regulation on mangrove. There has been a tug-of-war between government institutions.
Do the presidential candidates succeed in attracting young voters with social media gimmicks?
Judicial Commission Chairman Amzulian Rifai explains the boundaries of his authority in dealing with judges, and the Judicial Commission Bill.
How does jujutsu become a political lesson in preventing dilemmas?
The government goes after the wrong target when it bans transactions on social commerce platforms. A more thorough investigation of the roots of the problem is needed
Felix Viktor Iberle becomes the first Indonesian to win the world swimming championship. He is now setting his sights on the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The ASEAN Summit was not serious about resolving the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar. It was busy with matters of profit and image.
Commotion ensues as PGN makes plans to raise the price of gas for industries. Entrepreneurs are lobbying officials, from ministers to the president.
The ASEAN Summit was dominated by discussions on the economy. Eighty-one projects worth over US$24.5 billion were discussed.
The government faces difficulties accommodating kidney donors and recipients. The need for kidney donors is high, but the supply is very limited.
Prabowo Subianto reportedly changes his communication style. He is imitating Jokowi.
A number of 1998 student activists now enjoy new positions as commissioners of state-owned companies. It is a reward for supporters of Joko Widodo.
Setting a solid strategy for public communication is key to gain public trust in efforts to tackle climate change.
Newly appointed Immigration Director-General Silmy Karim has the task to overhaul his agency and attract investors through the golden visa scheme.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) allegedly intimidated regional KPUs when carrying out factual verification. This damages the legitimacy of the 2024 election results.
Seventeen political parties qualify to run in the 2024 general elections. There are many reports about data manipulation suspected to have been done upon the instructions of central KPU commissioners.
Tempo is again holding Film Selection of 2022. This annual tradition is a commitment to publicize the growth of quality Indonesia filmmaking. Who are the best in the filmmaking?
Preparations for the G20 Summit in Bali on November 15-16 are marked by allegation of repressions against civil society groups. The Indonesian government is deemed not serious about the issue of climate change, which is one of the main agendas of the G20 Summit.
Seventeen heads of state confirmed they will come to the G20 Summit in Bali. There are concerns over possible walkouts or lack of joint communiqués as impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A year after taking over the case of Pertamina’s LNG procurement from the Attorney General’s Office, the Corruption Eradication Commission is still keeping the name of the suspect secret. The target is an official during Yudoyono’s presidency.
Minister Erick Thohir promises to ban former corruptors from becoming directors of state-owned enterprises. Mere gimmicks are inadequate for a comprehensive cleanup of state-owned enterprises.
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The government and producers are considered not strongly committed to reducing plastic waste. The root of the problem at the upstream sector remains untouched.
What is happening in the commodity market should be ringing alarm bells for investors, and especially for the economic authorities in Indonesia.
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.
Novalia Pisesha invents an effective and affordable medical technology. University and post-graduate students look to her to study nanobody technology in curing autoimmune diseases.
The Covid-19 social assistance corruption case allegedly involving PDI-P politicians, Herman Hery and Ihsan Yunus, has stalled. They are under the protection of high-ranking officers in the Corruption Eradication Commission.
President Jokowi proposed General Andika Perkasa as the new TNI commander despite the fact he will only serve 13 months. There is a strong aroma of politics.
President Joko Widodo has chosen Army Chief of Staff Gen. Andika Perkasa as the sole candidate for Indonesian TNI Commander. His decision was supported by Defense Minister of Prabowo Subianto and PDI-P Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Conflicts around the forest concession areas in Papua do not only occur between companies and customary land owners. Company policies also spark clashes within community groups.
Close to the appointment of a new TNI commander, two strong candidates for Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto’s successor are attacked by various unpleasant rumors. Gen. Andika Perkasa and Marshal Yudo Margono are reportedly maneuvering for support.
The key question is: would the additional ammunition from the IMF be enough to keep Indonesia’s financial market safe when the tapering shock arrives?
The number of gold, oil, and foreign exchange investors at the Indonesian Commodities and Derivatives Exchange jumped 1,520 percent in 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. An interview with ICDX CEO Lamon Rutten.
Maxime Rodinson is an atheist. But he is not one to shut himself off with arrogance as do the ‘new atheists’. He sees that “…Muhammad did really experience sensory phenomena translated into words and phrases and that he interpreted them as messages from the Supreme Being.”
The candidates for TNI commander are maneuvering to seek support. If the President chooses the wrong person, the aspirations of the reformasi movement will not be achieved.
Readers write the importance of common space for resident collective activities in Slipi and chaos in the traffic light location in Garut, West Java.
Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI) Chair Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro said that the Covid-19 immunization has been fairly smooth albeit the vaccine shortage. The high mortality rate among the elderly population has prompted the government to shuffle the order of priority groups for vaccination. On the advice of the ITAGI, the elderly group was moved forward from the fourth to the second in line to be vaccinated along with public servants. Accoding to Sri Rezeki the main objective of vaccination was not to create heard immunity as widely publicized but rather to lower the death rate. Not only participating in the preparation of vaccination roadmap, the ITAGI also gives recommendations to the health ministry.
Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko continues maneuvering to take over the Democrat Party. He once asked to become general chairman to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after he was no longer commander of the Indonesian Military. He is suspected of actively seeking the support of Democrat regional officials and cadres of other political parties. Some who are supportive of the current government administration have shown support for him on social media.
Indonesia counts on young athletes to return as the swimming queens in Southeast Asia, as the country have none for the last decade. They are studying and training in the world’s swimming Mecca.
President Joko Widodo once again received the red card from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for failing to live up to his human rights commitments.
Jakarta Military Area Commander Maj. Gen. Dudung Abdurachman:
The arrest of Laman Kinipan customary chief, Effendi Buhing, by police was rooted in conflict between the community and an oil palm company. The company allegedly violated a letter of agreement.
The government seems to have lost its way in dealing with the pandemic. The effectiveness of the Covid-19 response and national economic recovery committee is open to question.
Mohammad Rohanudin, CEO of Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), had fought to keep a 142.5- hectares land that was going to be taken away to be used as the location for the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII).
Although he is no longer chairman of the steering committee of the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII), Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, still watches over the project intensely.
JUST like government institutions’ heads in other countries, Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Muhammad Syarifuddin does not know what it is like to work from home even as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on. He still goes to work and has familiarized himself with video conferencing from a designated cubicle at the corner of his office.
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) is pushing the government to implement the ‘new normal’ sooner and ease the restrictions so as to bring the economy back to life.
Rising number of Covid-19 patients reminds Mohammad Syahril of the time the pandemic began to unfold last January. He had just been appointed the chief executive officer of the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital (RSPI) that time.
Three months of Firli Bahuri’s chairmanship has ended hopes for the Corruption Eradication Commission. A betrayal of the reformasi mandate.
After unearthing cesium-137 (Cs-137) nuclear waste in an empty lot in the Batan Indah housing estate, Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten, the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) and police discovered illegal radioactive material in a house on Block A-22 in the same complex. The house owner is Suhaedi Muhammad, a senior officer at the National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan).
Barely two months after its establishment, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory board already received a complaint against the commission leadership for alleged ethic violation.
VARIOUS peculiarities have colored the investigation into the suspected bribery of former General Elections Commission member, Wahyu Setiawan.
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator, Novel Baswedan, has doubts about his alleged assailant Brig. Rahmat Kadir Mahulette’s statement, calling him a traitor.
THE National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has just completed collecting facts and statements surrounding the riots during the May 21-23 protests which broke out on the heels of the presidential election result announcement.
LAST Wednesday, October 23, was a long day for Mohammad Mahfud Md. He was at the Presidential Palace bright and early to be sworn in as the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs.
SOME issues have cropped up since Law No. 19/2019 regarding the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) went into effect on October 17.
THE new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law goes into effect on Thursday, October 17.
WITH the plummeting and low price of tobacco, tobacco farmers in Jember, East Java, set up the Jember Farmers Association (Panijem).
The Law on the Corruption Eradication Commission has given the anti-graft agency a new face. Its board of commissioners is seemingly placed under a newly-created board of supervisors selected by the president.
THERE is no such thing as a retirement preparation period (MPP) for Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla. His workload has not ebbed even as his tenure is going to end in just two months. The 77-year- old native of Watapone, South Sulawesi is still occupied with meetings and working visits to various regions.
The House of Representatives (DPR) has just approved a proposed revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). This revision breaks one of the important foundation stones of the battle against corruption by the anti-graft commission.
THE leadership selection process at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is under scrutiny following the selection committee’s announcement of 20 shortlisted candidates last Friday for the agency’s top seats.
A number of problematic candidates have passed the selection process for the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission. This is a failure of the selection committee.
Revived by the TNI Commander, the Special Operation Command is based on a presidential regulation issued by President Joko Widodo. There are concerns that its duty would violate human rights.
SIX police generals passed several stages of the selection process for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) new leadership. After they were declared passing the psychological review stage on Monday, August 5, they underwent a profile assessment three days later. Of the 40 candidates which passed, the largest share hails from the national police. Some of those one and two-star generals have had some ‘negative’ track records. One has never submitted a report of their personal wealth to the KPK.
The selection process of candidate leaders for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) garnered much criticism because the committee invited candidacies from the police force and the attorney general’s office.
The planned wiretapping law could limit the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission. Although not ideal, an exception could be the solution.
Corruption Eradication Commission Deputy Chairman, Saut Situmorang:
The President named nine members of the KPK Leadership Candidate Selection Committee. Some of them are close to the police.
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.
Arief Budiman, Chairman, General Elections Commission:
A young businessman who graduated abroad used ATM skimming to drain the savings of a private bank customer. He is said to be a distant relative of Prabowo Subianto.
One third of skimming cases in the world take place in Indonesia. The banks must immediately migrate to chip technology.
The Marena customary community work together with a company in managing the Marena Customary Forest.
Ma’ruf Amin has not been a strong magnet for Muslim circles. Jokowi has taken it upon himself to approach Muhammadiyah voters.
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