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General Elections Commission (KPU) budget needs for 2022 and 2023
The House of Representatives' Commission II overseeing legislation and budgets approved to provide additional budget of IDR 7.86 trillion to the General Elections Commission (KPU) and IDR 6.06 trillion to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for the 2024 elections.
Kadin opens great investment opportunities between China, Indonesia
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has aimed at strengthening Indonesian business with China. Kadin has also committed to build partnerships in order to increase cooperation and prosperity between businesspeople and the government of both countries.
Three Sulawesi governors request government not to extend Vale Indonesia's contract
Governors of South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi have rejected the extension of the contract of work of nickel mining company PT Vale Indonesia Tbk. They also requested the government to hand over the concession to the provincial administration owned enterprises (BUMD).
Labor Party plans to protest until September 26, 2022
Labor Party Chairman Said Iqbal said that party elements of workers, fishermen, farmers, women, youth organizations and other informal workers will continue to protest the government on the latter's policy on fuel price hike. The protests will take place in offices of governors, regents and mayors as well as the Regional Representatives Council (DPRD) buildings until September 26, 2022.
Indonesia's lack of seriousness in eradicating corruption
Since September 6, 2022, 23 corruption convicts have been released. Three female convicts were released from the Tangerang Penitentiary. They are:
KPK grills Anies Baswedan of alleged corruption in Formula E
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan underwent an 11-hour examination with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the investigation into an alleged corruption case of Formula E.
Indonesia does not have a self-made Criminal Code in its own language
Indonesia does not have a Criminal Code (KUHP) made by the nation in its own language and in accordance with the identity of Indonesian nation which is based on Pancasila as Staatsfundamentalnoorm (basic norms of the state).
Indonesia's current politics towards the 2024 elections
Indonesia’s political maturity will be tested again in the 2024 General Elections or at least one-and-a-half years from now as the electoral contestation will begin. The stages of the elections have been carried out, and there have been nonsignificant obstacles, including the expiration of the terms of office of 271 regional heads (governors, regents and mayors) in 2022 and 2023, which have also been handled quite well by the government although they still receive criticism from the Indonesian Ombudsman. Indonesia assessed that there were at least three acts of maladministration that occurred in the appointment of acting regional heads.
Government increases fuel prices, sparks protests across Indonesia
Protests broke out in several cities on September 6, 2022, following the government's decision to raise fuel prices three days earlier. Thousands of workers, grouped under the Labor Party, staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives (DPR)/People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) compound in Senayan, Central Jakarta.
Jokowi’s maritime ambitions
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China on July 26, 2022. Given Beijing's rigorous zero-COVID-19 policy, the meeting came as a surprise.
Current political safari, maneuver
The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Chairman Giring Ganesha and other party officials visited the Golkar Party office on August 23, 2022. Golkar Party Chairman and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto welcomed the visit and said both parties shared similar views, including their efforts to avoid identity politics in the 2024 elections.
Declining public trust on National Police prompts call for reform
Several civil society groups and lawyers called for a total reform on the National Police after a survey showed that the institution had the lowest public confidence in Indonesia. A murder case against a police brigadier by his general has worsened the already tainted police image.