Dec 2, 2015 | Law, Politics
Sudirman Said, energy and mineral resources, has been examined by Ethics Council of the House of Representatives (MKD DPR) on Wednesday (December 2nd). Following the hearing and questions raised by council members, we can safely conclude that all of them have poor...
Dec 2, 2015 | Law, Politics
The Government is reportedly beginning the process of capital injection (PMN) to seven State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). The PMN funds have already been allocated as a part of the 2015 amended budget (APBN-P), but the process were held back due to regulatory hurdels....
Dec 2, 2015 | Law, Politics
The 2014-2019 House of Representatives (DPR) has only managed to enact 2 laws from the 39 laws that it intended to enact as a part of the legislative branch’s 2015 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas). Several bills are particularly controversial. The Bill to...
Dec 2, 2015 | Commodities, Law, Politics
Luhut Pandjaitan, coordinating minister for politics, security, law & human rights affairs, has finally revealed about his three meetings with James ‘Jim Bob’ Moffet, chairman of Freeport McMoRan Inc amidst political tensions surrounding the so-called...
Dec 2, 2015 | Law, Politics
Ethics Council of the House of Representatives (MK DPR) has finally agreed to take the case of Setya Novanto, House speaker, to a new level. For the first time, coalition of political parties supporting the government win a crucial fight in the DPR. Attorney...
Dec 1, 2015 | Industries, Law, News Group
PT Super Makmur and its sister company PT Super Eximsari Ltd can breathe a sigh of relief. The Commercial Court in the Central Jakarta District Court approved the two companies’ request to extend the time limit for their Suspension Of Debt Payments (PKPU). In the...
Dec 1, 2015 | Law, Politics
We’ve briefly outlined the Ministry of Trade’s tasks in relation to the economic policy packages that the Government of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo have issued recently. We are now going to talk about the the tasks of the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) in relation to said...
Nov 30, 2015 | Law, Politics
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is said to have completed assembling the investigation files on the disgraced North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho and his second wife Evy Susanti. The files have been transferred to the Public Prosecutor Team, who will...
Nov 27, 2015 | Law, Politics
To date, the Government has announced six economic policy packages. The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) has been given the most duty from the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for regulatory overhaul. The Kemendag claims that it must...
