The Jakarta Post published an article titled ‘Jero cooked up scheme to pay off politicians’ as its Page 2 Headline this morning. Koran Tempo, meanwhile, published an article titled ‘Widodo insists the bribe money was sourced from messenger of Boy...
Some people would look at Indonesians’ love of gadgets, technology consumption patterns, and social media utilization rate as indicators of the country’s modernity. But that’s only one dimension of Indonesia. Access to technology does not always mean...
We all know by now that the Governor of Jakarta, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, is the man of the hour. He’s that great of a magnet that foreign media too are interested in covering his activities. A few days ago journalists from France 2 followed the...
The motivations of politicians participating in the 2014 election, vying for a seat in the House of Representatives (DPR), may not always be something obvious to us. There are those who are genuinely seeking to serve the country, and then there are those who are...
Surya Paloh’s NasDem Party nominates Dr Kurtubi, the famous oil and gas ‘observer’, as lawmaker candidate in the election area of West Nusa Tenggara. He competes, among others, Lalu Mara Satria Wangsa, spokesperson of Bakrie Family, from Golkar Party...
Topjaya Group is a famous name in consumer electronic market as main partner of Toshiba in Indonesia. It has two companies in the sector, namely PT Topjaya Sarana Utama and PT Topjaya Antariksa Elektronik. The group, like others, however, has expanded into other...
Like in South Kalimantan election area, we see some people from coal business nominated as lawmakers in Central Kalimantan, home to both coking and thermal coal resources. Gerindra Party, for example, nominates executive of one coal mining group with assets in both...
Sarwoto Atmosutarno, former CEO of Telkomsel, a JV between Telkom and SingTel, is nominated a lawmaker candidate of Nasional Demokrat (NasDem) Party for Central Java V election area. He competes controversial celebrity Angel Lelga Anddreyani (from Islamic party PPP)...
Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party nominates G Budisatrio Djiwandono, director of the troubled pulp manufacturer PT Kertas Nusantara (controlled by Prabowo), as lawmaker in East Kalimantan election area. The 33-year old executive competes with people like...
Harry Tanoesoedibjo’s Hanura Party nominates Arief Suditomo, chief editor of RCTI and managing director of Sindo TV (both are companies controlled by Harry’s MNC Group), as lawmaker candidate for West Java I election area. Prabowo’s Gerindra Party,...
