Jakarta Power Play
Luhut: Indonesia-China to set up team on Jakarta-Surabaya HSR project
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, reveals that Indonesia and China have agreed to form a team to work on the Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed rail (HSR) project − an extension of the already functional Jakarta-Bandung HSR.
DPR eyes liberalization agenda with power wheeling scheme in renewable energy bill
The House of Representatives (DPR) received harsh criticism for its proposal to include power wheeling in the problem inventory list (DIM) during the deliberation of the renewable energy bill. Activists and experts have seen the power wheeling policy as a form of liberalization of Indonesia's power sector that only benefit private sector.
DPR passes controversial Criminal Code into law
The House of Representatives (DPR) eventually passed the controversial Criminal Code (KUHP) Bill into a law on December 6, 2022. The new Criminal Code law, will take effect three years after it is ratified. Activists have seen this new law as undemocratic and conservative.