In 2016, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially recognized the customary forests of several indigenous people and customary communities. The recognition was given in the form of a Decree on the Inclusion of Customary Forest and Customary Forest Determination Letter...

Recently, the President signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 120/2022 which regulates the Special Assignments in the Context of Accelerating the Implementation of Infrastructure Development. This special assignment is given to the Ministry of Public Works and...

The last hearing on the trial of Hadinoto Soedigno, Garuda Indonesia's former executive vice director for Engineering and Maintenance Services, was held in mid-2021. Hadinoto was found guilty for alleged involvement in the scheme of corruption conducted under the...

The plenary session of the House of Representatives conducted on Sept. 29, 2022 took many by surprise. One of the results was the decision to dismiss Justice Aswanto from the Constitutional Court. Justice Aswanto is one of three Constitutional Justices who are...

The Bill for Development and Strengthening of the Financial Sector (RUU PPSK) dubbed as the Financial Omnibus Law is being discussed. The Bill is designed to amend the provisions of several Laws at once and similar to the controversial Law on Job Creation, there are several new proposals from the House of Representatives in the Bill that need attention. Moreover, there is also topic that cause problem. Said problem arose because the House of Representatives decided to provide an opportunity for politicians to become members of the Board of Governors of Bank Indonesia. Their reason is because these positions are chosen through a political process and therefore the limitation of positions on members of political parties is considered to have lost its relevance. However, is that reason enough to be used to bring political interests into the central Bank?

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ‘s third sting operation in 2022 ensnared then Regent of Langkat, Terbit Rencana Peranginangin (Golkar). Terbit is the 16th regional head of North Sumatera embroiled in a corruption scandal in less than a decade. But Terbit’s arrest reveals crimes that are more horrific than “mere” corruption. With the help and support of many people, including his own son, Terbit has consciously committed a gross violation of human rights. The crimes are being investigated by the police with the help of National Commission on Human Rights. In KPK case, separately, trial of the defendants started in June 2022 and far from media coverage, the prosecutors had read their demands during the latest hearing.

Similar to the case in Ambon, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named suspects in the case of bribery related to the procurement of goods and services in the Buru Selatan regency, in the province of Maluku, after conducting an investigation into the allegations of crimes committed during the tenure of former Regent Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa (PDIP). The proceedings continue far from media coverage and the briber had been convicted. Recently the prosecutors read their demands for Tagop. 

Four months ago, we reported on latest case investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) where the KPK had three suspects. The case was alleged corruption related to the approval of the principal permit for the construction of the Alfamidi branch in Ambon City. Among the suspects is then Mayor of Ambon, Richard Louhenapessy. This week, the court proceedings started.

Back in 2016, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) began the inquisition on the case of corruption involving the Directorate General of Horticulture in the Ministry of Agriculture. But the process took way longer than predicted. Of the three suspects announced,...