Tenggara Strategics

Tenggara Backgrounder Indonesia mulls collecting tourism fee from airfares The Indonesian government is in the process of establishing a tourism fund, the ITF. The fund will be used to support major tourism events with multiplier effects, such as music concerts. One of the methods being considered to raise funds for the ITF is from airfare by charging a tourism fee, which will likely increase flight ticket prices. The plan sparked objections from business players in the Indonesian tourism sector as well as consumer rights advocates. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #TourismFee #LuhutBinsarPandjaitan #IndonesiaTourismFund #TiketPesawat

Tenggara Backgrounder NasDem Party, PKB join Prabowo, wait for rewards The National Awakening Party (PKB) and the NasDem Party, two parties that nominated Anies Baswedan in the presidential election, have decided to join the winning side of Prabowo Subianto. The entry of the two ex-rivals will allow Prabowo to enlarge his coalition and secure majority parliamentary support, but on the flip side it may cause complexities in allocating ministerial posts as rewards in his incoming cabinet. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #2024election #2024presidentialelection #Nasdem #PKB #PrabowoSubianto

Tenggara Backgrounder Court upholds election results, as expected Unsurprisingly, the Constitutional Court put an end to all election result disputes by rejecting the legal challenges put forward by losing presidential candidates Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo. In two separate five-to-three majority rulings on Monday, the justices upheld the landslide victory of president-elect Prabowo Subianto and his running mate, Gibran Rakabuming Raka. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #ConstitutionalCourt #AniesBaswedan #GanjarPranowo #PrabowoSubianto #2024election #PDIP

Tenggara Backgrounder Indonesia denies normalization with Israel to enter OECD The Indonesian government has refuted Israeli reports that it is actively seeking to normalize diplomatic ties with the State of Israel. Said reports suggested that Indonesia's alleged pursuit of such a normalization is tied to ongoing efforts to join the OECD, of which Israel is already a member. Indonesia sees entry to the economic forum as pivotal phase to become a developed country. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #Israel #OECD #Iran #MiddleEast #ForeignPolicy

Tenggara Backgrounder For or against a Prabowo presidency without opposition? Politicians capitalized on Idul Fitri holiday last week to embark on silaturahmi (kinship) visits in the name of coalition building. This year, Prabowo Subianto paid visits to key allies while talks of an imminent meeting between the president-elect and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri have spread. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #PrabowoSubianto #MegawatiSoekarnoputri #Jokowi #PDIP #Gerindra

Tenggara Backgrounder Questions raised about BSD, PIK following inclusion as PSNs The government recently approved 14 new PSN, including PIK 2 and Bumi BSD in Banten, both of which are developments by publicly listed property companies. However, with these projects set to be funded by private investors, questions have been raised regarding the reasoning behind their inclusion as PSNs. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #PIK2 #BSD #AgungSedayu #PSN #IKN #NusantaraCapitalCity

Tenggara Backgrounder Losing presidential candidates go for the jugular. But for what? Both losing presidential candidates, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, are demanding nothing less than a revote in their appeal to the Constitutional Court, claiming that the Feb. 14 election should be invalidated and the results annulled because of problems with the nomination of the running mate of the winning candidate. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #AniesBaswedan #GanjarPranowo #ConstitutionalCourt #PrabowoSubianto #KPU

Tenggara Backgrounder Troubled Indonesia Eximbank hit by another round of Rp 2.5 trillion fraud The financially troubled Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI), known as Indonesia Eximbank, has suffered from another round of bad debts, resulting from fraud. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati recently submitted a report of fraud at the bank involving four borrowers, amounting to Rp 2.5 trillion, to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). More problems are expected to be revealed as more borrowers also fall under the AGO’s investigation. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #LPEI #Kemenkeu #ExImBank #SriMulyani #OJK #KPK

Tenggara Backgrounder Consolation prize for PDI-P: House speakership It is by far the least powerful job among the country's highest state political institutions, but for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the position of House speaker may be a consolation prize after emerging as the party with the most votes in the February general elections. But even this is not automatic, depending upon the dictates of other parties. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #2024election #Jokowi #PrabowoSubianto #PDIP #HouseofRepresentatives #KPU

Tenggara Backgrounder Prabowo to increase tax ratio, state budget deficit Defense minister and presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto attended the Mandiri Investment Forum 2024 as keynote speaker last week. The keynote speech that ran for over an hour, discussed a litany of topics, ranging from the messiness of democracy in Indonesia to the country's extremely low tax ratio and the low contribution of government spending to GDP. Want to read more? Click the link in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gr2gMcUS #tenggarabackgrounder #thebrief #PrabowoSubianto #MandiriInvestmentForum #APBN #Pajak