The revitalization of the Jakarta Arts Center Taman Ismail Marzuki, or TIM as it is familiarly known, is one of Anies Baswedan’s pride projects that has attracted attention for the wrong reason: it was actually opposed by the artists. This project was continued even without the support of the artists and still leaves many problems even though it was inaugurated in August 2022 and cost more than Rp1.4 trillion. Later, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) announced that there was an alleged conspiracy in the process of working on this project.

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