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Air Force Chief Marshal Agus Supriatna:
We Need Reliable Aircraft

THE plan of TNI (Indonesian Military) Air Force Chief Marshal Agus Supriatna to officially open the Wiratmo dormitory at Balikpapan, East Kalimantan Air Force Base on June 30, had to be abruptly cancelled. When he landed at Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Airport, he was given the bad news: a Hercules C-130 transport plane No. A-1310 had crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, killing 122 people, 83 civilians among them. The number of fatalities on the ground could not be confirmed yet.

Cover Story Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Edition

We Cannot Allow Sipadan-Ligitan to Recur

Poaching produce in the North Natuna Sea is not only triggered by economic need. According to the Director of the Fleet Monitoring and Operations of the Marine and Fisheries Resources Directorate-General in the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, Pung Nugroho Saksono, a conflict similar to the Sipadan-Ligitan case between Malaysia and Indonesia should not be allowed to recur.

Environment Monday, August 30, 2021 Edition

Ramadan Abroad

Rizieq Syihab, charged in a pornography offense, did not show up at his scheduled questioning at the Jakarta police headquarters on April 25. He said he wanted to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the lesser pilgrimage (umrah). This Grand Imam of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) promised he would be present for questioning upon returning from the Holy Land in mid-May. However, the post-Ramadan fasting month holiday has passed and he has yet to return to Indonesia.

Cover Story Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Edition

From Sadali to Pradnya

LAST Wednesday an Achmad Sadali abstract painting created in 1973 was on display on the mezzanine floor of the Energy Building in Senayan, South Jakarta. Hundreds of people visiting the exhibition were seen immersed in the beauty and detail of the painting. It is not every day that the public gets to enjoy the painting from Arifin Panigoro's collection, by a painter known as the founder of the Bandung school.

Arts Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Edition

Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin, PPATK Chairman: I Can Take Chaos If It Brings Positive Results

When he was still the inspector-general at the Ministry of Finance three months ago, Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin, 59, was angered by a report on a sum of Rp3 billion that had been deposited into his wife's account. It shook him, particularly since he was being considered for the position of chairman of the Center for Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis (PPATK).

That report spread to the Presidential Palace and to the finance ministry. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, who recommended Badaruddin to be PPATK chief, took a deeper look at the report. "She asked me what the money was all about," recounted Badaraddin, or Badar as he is familiarly known.

Interview Tuesday, January 31, 2017 Edition

Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin, PPATK Chairman: I Can Take Chaos If It Brings Positive Results

When he was still the inspector-general at the Ministry of Finance three months ago, Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin, 59, was angered by a report on a sum of Rp3 billion that had been deposited into his wife's account. It shook him, particularly since he was being considered for the position of chairman of the Center for Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis (PPATK).

That report spread to the Presidential Palace and to the finance ministry. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, who recommended Badaruddin to be PPATK chief, took a deeper look at the report. "She asked me what the money was all about," recounted Badaraddin, or Badar as he is familiarly known.

Interview Tuesday, January 31, 2017 Edition

Muliaman Hadad, Chairman Financial Services Authority
Indonesia's economic growth can exceed target

The chairman of the Financial Services Authority (OJK), Muliaman Hadad, 56, is optimistic about the coming year. He believes Indonesia will greet the coming year with growth exceeding the 5.2 percent target set by the government. "We can do it if we harness domestic potential optimally and continue with our reforms and transformation programs to enable investment," said Muliaman.

His views do not reflect those of global economic leaders who met at the annual conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC recently, at which Muliaman himself attended. Participants at the meeting proclaimed that the world economy was growing exceedingly slow, taking far too long to recover and benefitted only a handful of people. They concluded that the weakening of the global economy which began in 2014, had yet to recover in the coming year.

Interview Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Edition

Aidul Fitriciada Azhari Judicial Commission Chairman
We are there but not there

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.

Interview Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Edition

Irzal Rakhmadani
A Doctor Working through the Smoke

After the noon prayers, Irzal Rakhmadani, 24, packed his things in a rucksack and went out. Two items he never goes without are his stethoscope and sphygmometer. He would ride on his motorbike to the office of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, three kilometers away. There, he would treat people suffering from the effects of forest fire smoke around Palangkaraya. In 2015, he treated some 1,000 patients.

In mid-September, Irzal and his colleagues visited a camp for workers who had been laid off by an oil palm company. Fifteen volunteers of Earth Hour Palangkaraya had gathered to help the smoke victims there. Irzal saw something that distressed him. About 300 people were crammed into a 5x15 meter barrack. Because there was not enough room, tarpaulin tents had been set up outside the barracks. People lived alongside chicken and their pet dogs.

Cover Story Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Edition

Magnus Ekbom,CEO of Lazada Indonesia
More people are coming online and thinking e-commerce

Magnus Ekbom stepped into a meeting room in a building on Jalan Rasuna Said in Kuningan, where the e-commerce company has just moved its offices a few months ago to accomodate his growing team.

At the helm of Lazada since 2012, Ekbom has ushered the online shopping platform to be the biggest in Indonesia. But he is not planning to take a breather just yet. For Ekbom, running an e-commerce company is like running in a marathon. "And we're only in the first couple of kilometers down the line," he said.

Economy Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Edition

Prasada Rao UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia Pacific
Stop closing down brothels

According to Prasada Rao, ignorance has been the biggest barrier in dealing with the decades-old HIV/AIDS epidemic. This is why he speaks openly about the disease, freely discussing such topics as sex and sex education, which most Asians see as taboo, so that the social stigma attached to its victims can be erased, a first step in the prevention and treatment of the disease.

Rao truly believes that an open discussion of the subject would be the best protection against the disease, yet the biggest challenge in addressing this global epidemic. "For Asians, sex is taboo. It's in your bedroom, not on the road. So there's always that challenge," he told Tempo.

On The Record Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Edition

Biak Papua
The Last Painting in Padaido

TWO hours into a pleasant voyage on the waters of the Padaido group of islands to the south of Biak in Papua, the situation became tense. That Saturday morning two weeks ago, photographer Tony Hartawan and I had just passed Pakreki island. The waters around this large unoccupied, rocky island covered in lush tropical forest, seemed to be a final test for us before arriving at our destination: Meosmangguandi island.

The sea, which had earlier been quite calm, suddenly became very rough. Suddenly, our boat, a 'johnson' perahu, as local fishermen call their traditional boats with attached engines, was hit by waves coming from all directions. Tony, who was sitting in the stern, several times glanced to the rear, a fixed smile on his face. I responded with no less a worried expression. "Meosmangguandi!" The shout from Melkias Rumkorem, a traditional Meosmangguandi elder, brought with it a new sense of calm. He pointed towards where the boat was heading, all while it was rising, falling and rolling from side to side over the waves.

Cover Story Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Edition

Piyadasi

Engraved on a 15-meter-high stone pillar are 14 eternal edicts. Carved in the 2nd century BCE, the edicts were made by Piyadasi or Devanampiyadasi, the king who ruled the area that now forms most of India.

Almost all its lines are fascinating, but the most stirring is the seventh edict:

Sidelines Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Edition

Dadan Kusdiana Coordinator, Sumba Iconic Island Executive Committee
Don't Spoil People With Free Electricity

THE Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has an ambitious plan for next year: raising the budget for the development of renewable energy by 10 times. "The future of Indonesia's development depends on seeking and building renewable energy. We can no longer rely solely on fossil fuel energy, which is bound to become scarce," said Dadan Kusdiana, director of the ministry's section on bio-energy.

Outreach Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Edition

Rumah Gadang: A Woman's Domain

Rice, rendang beef stew, jackfruit curry and many kinds of sambal (chili paste) sit in the front lanjar (guestroom) of Etek Nuraini's traditional rumah gadang house in Nagari Sumpur, in the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra. It is early in the month of February. Some 40 guests have gathered, including village elders and West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno. Guests sit on the floor, eating side-by-side. Prayers are recited for the safety and wellbeing of those who will inhabit the house. Family photos hang on the wall. Windows are left open to let sunlight in.

From the vantage of the dining area, the house's spacious interior is in clear view. Six jua (Cassia siamea) pillars grace the building's 17-meter-long sides. Jua, a type of ulin ironwood, is extremely durable: once dry, its impossible to cut it down to size. The walls, meanwhile, are made of surian (Toona ciliata), and floors from bayur (pterospermum javanicum) tree trunks.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Rumah Gadang Reborn

Forty young men strain and groan, taut muscles shining with sweat as they haul a jua tree (Cassia siamea) out from a ravine near Singkarak Lake, West Sumatra. The trunk is 11 meters long and will be used as the main pillar in a rumah gadang (traditional Minangkabau house). The house is being built for the heirs of Etek Siti Fatimah in the hamlet of Nagari, Sumpur village, Tanah Datar regency. Etek is what locals call an aunt, or a respected female figure.

The men take turns pulling the tree up and out of the gully. Shortly after noon, they reach the top. After clearing another small rise they toss the trunk down the other side, watching it tumble downhill.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Zainal Arifin Mochtar Director, Anti-Corruption Studies Center, Gadjah Mada University
We need solidarity-makers to fight corruption

Fighting corruption is nothing new in Indonesia. But the battle fought by people in rural areas may be something that is little known by the general public. According to Zainal Arifin Mochtar, Director of the Center for Anti-Corruption Studies at Gadjah Mada University, efforts by villagers to fight corruption have to be considered significant, because so far, awareness about fighting it is mostly present amongst the middle classes in urban centers.

Urban communities are generally better informed and they are abetted by the many anti-corruption activists in towns. But when anti-corruption figures in the country's remote areas begin to emerge, it is a most important development.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Dato Sri Tahir, Chief Commissioner of Mayapada Group:
The best opportunities are still in Indonesia

The banking business is in a flux as a result of the war of interest rates among banks. But the owner of the Mayapada Group, Dato Sri Tahir, is optimistic that the banking sector in Indonesia will continue to grow. "Growth depends on situations and conditions," Tahir told Tempo, two weeks ago. Having travelled all over the world, Tahir concluded that the best investment opportunities are still found in Indonesia.

He believes that investment opportunities in Indonesia are still better and that includes the business prospects of his Mayapada Group. He told Tempo reporter Christine Munthe in an interview that he would never sell Mayapada for whatever price. Excerpts:

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Ancient Metal Artifacts Found on Mount Padang

A national research team has discovered ancient buildings and artifacts at the Mount Padang archaeological site in, Cianjur regency, West Java. The team's deputy chairman for geology, Danny Hilman Natawidjadja, said they had found a 22-centimeter-long stone rod on the mountain's southern slope, about two or three meters below the surface. The rod has pores and magnetic characteristics that attract it to metal. "It resembles Harry Potter's magic wand, which is fit for gripping," Danny said last week.

Other finds included knife-shaped metals, metal waste and burned soil with stacks of stones beneath. Based on laboratory tests, the burned residual materials have been in the location since 5,200 BC.

Arround The Archipelago Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Edition

The Face of Gajah Mada

The face on one of the terracotta piggybanks at the Majapahit Museum in Trowulan, East Java, has chubby cheeks and slanted eyes. The right and left eyebrows are connected, curving dramatically like a wave. The lips seem to smile faintly, expanding the already thick chin.

This is the piggybank Muhammad Yamin saw decades ago and declared the face of Gajah Mada. In reality, poet Sapardi Djoko Damono contends, that face bears more resemblance to Yamin himself. Sapardi thinks the real face of Gajah Mada was not as chubby as the terracotta figure's. Agus Aris Munandar, a University of Indonesia archeologist who has studied Gajah Mada, also differs from Yamin in his interpretation of the face of the man who uttered the legendary Sumpah Palapa (Palapa Pledge), in which Gajah Mada vowed not to eat any spices until he had conquered the whole of the Nusantara archipelago for the Majapahit empire.

Cover Story Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Edition

Canada to Invest in Indonesia's Transportation Sector

Indonesia is Canada's biggest export market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). To further strengthen the two countries' economic relations, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird visited his Indonesian counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, on Tuesday last week.

During a press conference at the Pancasila Building in Jakarta, Baird expressed Canada's interest in cooperating with Indonesia in a number of sectors. "We want the same thing: work opportunities and improvement in people's welfare," he said. According to Marty, one of the sectors the Northern American country wants to focus on is transportation. "Canada's investment is highly positive," Marty said.

Diplomatic Bag Tuesday, August 12, 2014 Edition

Ramadan

The month of Ramadan (fasting) will end with the Idul Fitri holidays, a cause for joyous celebration. Young and old, the high and the low, will come together in a new beginning, marked by day-long feasting and fun. But there will also be a sobering moment of spiritual reconnection, of forgiveness and joint prayers, giving thanks to the greatness of God Almighty. At this joyous time, Tempo English Edition presents a special photo essay of Ramadan celebration in eastern Indonesia.

Outreach Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Edition

Jonathan Pradana Meiloa: Our education system is too passive

THE life rhythm of this youth suddenly changed in mid-July. He is now spotlighted, photographed, interviewed and gets to meet all kinds of people. Jonathan Pradana Mailoa is receiving praises galore because he is the shining star in a nation that is going through so much darkness: earthquakes, floods, famine and that endless disease called corruption. Indonesias reputation went up a notch through the brilliance of this 16-year-old, when he became the absolute winner of the 37th International Physics Olympics, held in Singapore and participated in by 86 countries.

Interview Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Edition

Two Days on Sipadan

Even before the verdict handed down in The Hague last Tuesday, Malaysia had long been occupying Sipadan and Ligitan. TEMPO journalist Wenseslaus Manggut, who recently traveled to the islands, was unceremoniously told to leave in no uncertain terms by the Malaysian Police.

National Tuesday, December 24, 2002 Edition

E-Budgeting Blues

Jakarta’s draft budget contains numerous irregularities. Tempo’s investigation shows that the regional government’s monitoring has been weak in various stages of the budgeting process. Governor Anies Baswedan blames the system he inherited from Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.

Cover Story Monday, November 11, 2019 Edition

Down-Shifting on Sales Targets

At the end of 2015, the Indonesian Motorized Vehicle Industry Association (Gaikindo) was optimistic automobile sales could grow seven percent this year, reaching 1.070 million units. However, as of mid-year, the expected growth has not been met. Last August, Gaikindo revised the target to 1.050 million units. "Even this will need hard work in the last three months of this year," said Gaikindo Kukuh Secretary-General Kumara told Tempo some time ago.

Cover Story Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Edition

Bambang Brodjonegoro Minister of Finance
When China's economy slows down, we get hit

With the end of Ramadan fast approaching, Bambang Brodjonegoro's busy schedule has just begun. His days are filled with one ministerial meeting after another. He must also keep monitoring two legislative bills currently being discussed by the House of Representatives (DPR) to ensure that they are passed by the end of the month as scheduled. One bill concerns the revised state budget (RAPBN-P) and the other is on the tax amnesty.

The revised state budget will be slashed by Rp90 trillion to account for declining revenues. Another way of addressing the shortfall is through tax amnesty, which is expected to bring additional revenues of up to Rp165 trillion. Bambang sincerely hopes the DPR will enact the two legislations. "The government's program, including the revised state budget, should be backed by the parties claiming to support the government," said Bambang.

Interview Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Edition

A Precipitous State Budget

THE government seemed oblivious to a looming budget crisis as it continues to apply unrealistic assumptions in the draft revision of the 2016 state budget. Spurred by the highly ambitious growth target of 5.3 percent, the tax revenue target was set at Rp1.527 quadrillion-clearly a tall order given the sluggish domestic economy.

After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) corrected its projection of Indonesia's growth to 4.9 percent, the government finally lowered its target to 5.2 percent, but strangely enough, the tax revenue projection remained the same.

Opinion Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Edition

Budget Watchdogs

AT a gathering in Pammulukang village, Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province, 20 women sit discussing a deadly serious topic-the construction of a long-awaited road that will connect several villages. They discuss the matter of ensuring easy access for all, the type of materials to be used, and the profile of the contractor.

The meeting, which would usually last about two hours, can take longer if certain suspicious details emerge, such as if in a budget allocation for Rp100 million, the cost is set at just Rp80 million. Or, if for construction of a 100-meter road, the distance is listed at only 80 meters. "We will not accept things calmly if something fishy about the project execution emerges," Rusnani said a month ago.

Outreach Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Edition

Macro Up but Business getting Tougher

Last week, the government announced this year's first-quarter growth rate reached 4.92 percent, slightly higher than the 4.73 percent growth for the same period last year. Earlier, April inflation, year-on-year, was reported to drop to 3.60 percent, still comfortably within Bank Indonesia's inflation target range. Also, the rupiah remained stable at Rp13,300 per US dollar, just slightly weaker than previous week's Rp13.100 per US dollar level.

In addition, a team from Standard & Poor's (S&P) recently met with the government, which points to a possible rise in Indonesia's sovereign ratings, which for quite some time have languished at the BB+ level, one notch below investment grade. So far, S&P is the only major global rating agency that has not issued Indonesia an investment grade, as Moody's and Fitch have done.

Economy Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Edition

National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti:
Terrorists are shifting their targets

THE January 14 bomb attack on Jalan Thamrin in Central Jakarta confirmed National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti's belief that the police are now the terrorists' prime target. One police officer was wounded in the explosion and four others suffered serious injuries from gunshot wounds.

One of the officers, First Adj. Insp. Budiono, sustained three close-range gunshot wounds. He narrowly escaped death after laying unconscious for three days at the hospital. "That was incredible. His heart had even stopped," Badrodin said.

National Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Edition

Most Reject Jakarta DPRD's Request for a Budget Increase

ONE hundred and six members of the Jakarta Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) seemed pleased when their four demands were granted. In the 2016 Jakarta Regional Administrative Budget (APBD), four components in the council's expense budget were significantly increased. These include budgets for travel and recesses, new meeting tables and chairs and new laptops.

The budget for travel expenses, for instance, was raised from Rp430 thousand to Rp1.5 million. Jakarta DPRD Deputy Chairman Muhammad Taufik, a Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party politician, said it had been twelve years since the travel budget was last increased. "We often had to cover the excess," he said.

Indicator Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Edition

Indonesia, Vietnam Double Trade Target

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi expressed Indonesia's desire to strengthen economic relations with Vietnam during an official visit by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on June 25.

"We recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations and both countries have maintained a strategic partnership since 2013," Rento said. Also in 2013, a goal of expanding trade to US$5 billion between the two nations was set. Retno said the target would be reached ahead of schedule. "Therefore, we move on to the second part of our bilateral trade agreement to reach US$10 billion in trade by 2018," she said, adding that she hoped the target would also be achieved at an earlier date.

Diplomatic Bag Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Edition

Decide on Jakarta's Budget Now

THE public is tired of watching the feud between Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and members of the Jakarta Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD). The 2015 Regional Budget (APBD) has still not been decreed as a regional regulation because of the crisis between the two parties. As a result, Rp73.08 trillion of funds cannot be disbursed. A number of development projects are stuck and employee benefits have not been paid for the two months.

Of the 1,328 respondents that joined last week's Tempo poll, 63.1 percent agreed the government could use the 2014 Regional Budget instead. However, doing so would create complications, because not all the programs outlined in the 2015 budget were budgeted last year. For example, in the 2015 budget plan, funds allocated for Jakarta civil-servant allowances amount to Rp10.8 trillion, or 16.09 percent of the total budget. In the 2014 budget, such funds are drastically reduced.

Indicator Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Exposing the Plunder of Jakarta's Budget

AT the end of February, Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama dropped off a bundle of documents at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters. Inside was information on a number of procurement projects in the 2014 and 2015 Regional Budget (APBD) that Basuki suspected of being marred by 'phantom programs'. "The phantom budget hiding in the 2015 APBD comes out to around Rp12 trillion," he said.

Indicator Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Ferrial Sofyan:
All We Did Was To Suggest The Budget

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, said that fictitious programs in the regional budget were smuggled in by Jakarta legislators after the completion of a hearing approving the 2015 budget. Included in the proposed additional budget were also accompanying threats of difficult disbursement of funds if the additional budget was not approved.

National Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Loopholes Behind Budget Irregularities

THE SYSTEM of electronic budgeting, or e-budgeting, applied this year by Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama has unveiled several budget manipulations. The electronic system freezes the budget after its endorsement by the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD), prohibiting any alterations. This year, Rp12.2 trillion in budget irregularities have been identified.

National Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Budget Buster

THE conflict between Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), also known as the Jakarta City Council, over the city's 2015 budget is yet another example of the pervasive dark forces that continue to manipulate public funds for interests other than the common good. His determination to cross out the mysterious Rp12 trillion allocation from the budget incurred the predictable opposition from council members. Ominously, this has led to a possible right-to-inquiry motion against the governor, or Ahok as he is better known, in the Jakarta DPRD.

Ahok's decision over the annual budget is in line with the objectives and functions of the Jakarta administration. According to the Constitution, budgets are created to become guidelines for revenues and expenses in the process of managing regional activities. With the current budget, production and employment opportunities are expected to increase, so it can propel economic growth and prosperity for the people. From the distribution side, regional budgets must take into consideration the sense of justice and well-being.

Opinion Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

The Mystery Budget

THE Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) plans to use its right of inquiry to take action against Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for not submitting the 2015 Regional Budget which they had approved. Basuki reasoned that the DPRD added the proposed Rp12.2 trillion to the budget outside of the plenary meeting and commission deliberations with the government.

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Optimism In The New Budget

Anton Hendranata*

The aura of optimism emanating from the revised budget 2015 is quite apparent. On the 2015 economic growth, the government assumption is set at 5.7 percent, higher than the analysts' consensus of 5.35 percent. It is understandable that government would be more optimistic, considering they have set a longer-term growth target of 7 percent.

Special Report Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

A Budget Full Of Promises

Anton H. Gunawan*

It is definitely not a 'business-as-usual' government budget. The proposed revised budget of 2015 (RAPBNP 2015) is full of promise. It also shows new approaches, both on the spending and the financing sides, and to a lesser degree on the revenue side as well. The headline numbers may have indicated a less expansionary revised budget, i.e. fiscal deficit is lower at 1.9% vs 2.2% of GDP, than in the original budget (APBN). However, its spending composition reflects a more expansionary budget, which is much needed in this subdued growth environment. Indeed, if the budget plan is correctly implemented, the government could take some credit for helping reduce individual income inequality and interregional disparity.

Column Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Fiddling the Budget

After being cleared of allegations that he had ordered his subordinates to bribe lawmakers to approve his ministry's budget, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik now finds himself in the middle of a new corruption scandal. Last Wednesday, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) finally charged Jero, who has authored introductions to high school science textbooks, with extortion.

KPK Deputy Chief Bambang Widjojanto said Jero's methods were something new. The minister was suspected of tampering with the ministry's budget by raising money from sponsors for unimportant events. "This practice constitutes abuse of power leading to extortion," Bambang said last week.

National Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Edition

Budget Blessing

THE Constitutional Court ruling limiting the authority of the House of Representatives (DPR) Budget Committee deserves praise. Previously, the authority of the Budget Committee, which extended to the third level of budgetary items, led to many problems with the management of the state's finances. Several ministries and state institutions had complained about frequent blocking of their budgets or delays to the release of funds-marked with an asterisk, and known as 'starred'-for reasons that seem contrived.

The Court ruling was triggered by a lawsuit filed by several NGOs, including Indonesia Corruption Watch, the Legal Aid Foundation, the Indonesia Budget Center, and the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency. They launched a legal challenge against several articles in Law 27/2009 on the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the DPR, the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) and Regional Houses of Representatives (DPRD). They also challenged Law No. 17/2003 on the State Budget, taking the view that it contravened the 1945 Constitution on the state funding as laid down in the State Budget. They even called for the Budget Committee to be dissolved.

Opinion Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Targets: The President and Nuclear Facilities

Pepi Fernando learned how to assemble bombs from the internet, according to the police. The bombs made by the graduate of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic (UIN) University in Jakarta, are indeed low-power. However, if detonated, the bombs in a number of locations would be no less powerful than those of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group. The targets varied: from the president’s entourage to places they suspected of being nuclear installations.

Cover Story Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Edition

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