New Constitutional Court Justices: Aswanto

Mar 7, 2014 | Profiles

In addition to confirming Wahiduddin Adams as the new justice of the Constitutional Court, the House of Representatives (DPR) also confirmed Aswanto. Both Wahiduddin and Aswanto will replace disgraced former chief justice Akil Mochtar and justice Harjono. Herein is...

New Constitutional Court Justices: Wahiduddin Adams

Mar 7, 2014 | Profiles

The House of Representatives (DPR) has confirmed Wahiduddin Adams and Aswanto as new Justices of the Constitutional Court. So, who are they? We’ve mentioned the background of both men briefly in our previous article on the list of justice candidates. In this...

Nursalim Family & Political Changes

Mar 7, 2014 | Profiles

The family of Sjamsul Nursalim controls some of Indonesian major companies including Gajah Tunggal (tire), Polychem Indonesia (petrochemicals), Mitra Adiperkasa (retail), KMI Wire (cable), and Equity Development (finance). The family, which controls Tuan Sing...

Growing Interests in Manufacturing Sector (4): PBRX

Mar 7, 2014 | Market, Profiles

Textile used to be Indonesia’s largest earner of hard currency. Higher labor costs and competition from China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, etc, however, forced some Indonesian producers to give up export market. Some companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)...

What Would Ahok Do?

Mar 5, 2014 | Profiles

Vice Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama is perhaps the second most popular man in Indonesian politics today after Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. His no-nonsense style of leadership has been criticized as much as it has been praised. With...

Imagining Prabowo’s Cabinet: Possible Names

Mar 5, 2014 | Profiles

Gerindra Party has openly criticized PDI-P for revealing names of potential cabinet members. But the truth is that on Aug. 19, 2013, Gerindra had come out saying that they had already drafted their own cabinet members in anticipation of a Prabowo win. Unfortunately we...

Imagining Prabowo’s Cabinet: Influencing Factors

Mar 5, 2014 | Profiles

The war is not over, perhaps that’s was what the patron leader of Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto, had in his mind when he decided to run for the presidency. This is the retired army general’s third attempt. He’s going in with all he’s got and he has a chance at...

Deputy Chief Badrodin Haiti

Mar 5, 2014 | Profiles

The chief of the national police Sutarman has appointed commissioner general Badrodin Haiti as the new deputy chief to replace Oegroseno, who retired in Feb. 2014. Badrodin was picked out of other three-star police generals including Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, the chief...

Rich List Without Salim, Widjaja, & Wonowidjojo?

Mar 5, 2014 | Profiles

Forbes has came out with its routine Rich List for 2014. If you click Indonesia in the list, you will get 19 Indonesians in the list of 1645 billionaires. Strange that Anthoni Salim, Widjaja Family (SInarmas), and Wonowidjojo (Gudang Garam) are not in the list at all....

Social Entrepreneurship: Go-Jek Indonesia

Mar 4, 2014 | Profiles

The capital city of Jakarta is famous for its traffic gridlocks. At its worst, it could take one 3 hours to brave through a one-kilometer stretch with one’s car. Increasing car ownership has only made things worse. Gridlocks are happening even more frequently....