New Regulation on About-to-Expire Oil and Gas Blocks (II)
While state-owned oil and gas Pertamina is given opportunity to get into the expired oil and gas blocks, it is not an automatic process as demanded by the Company’s supporters. Pertamina’s applications and proposals are also subject to thorough evaluation process by energy & mineral resources ministry and SKKMigas.
New Regulation on About-to-Expire Oil and Gas Blocks (I)
Minister of energy and mineral resources Sudirman Said has on Friday, May 8, signed Regulation No, 15/2015 about management of oil and gas working areas, whose production sharing contracts (PSCs) are about to expire. What’s in there?
Law Journal: KPK’s Another Loss & Contempt of Court Bill
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has for the second time lost in a pretrial petition filed by a graft suspect at the South Jakarta District Court Tuesday (May 12). This time, the Court invalidated KPK’s decision to name Ilham Arief Sirajuddin, former Makassar mayor, who is known close to Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
Tuban Petrochemical Case and Pertamina: Next Suspects?
Investigation into corruption case surrounding the supply of condensates to the troubled petrochemical company PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI) has dragged two former senior officials of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (BPMigas, now SKKMigas). How about high-ranking officers at state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina?
Tuban Petrochemical Scandal Drags Three: Who’s Next?
Pretty much as predicted, national police has named two names previously mentioned in our list suspects in the corruption case evolved around the troubled petrochemical complex PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama, otherwise known Tuban Petrochemical Complex. Who’s next?
The 2015 Regional Election & Bakrie’s Future
It appears that maneouver to revise the Regional Election Law No. 1/2015 and the Law No. 2/2011 on the amendment of the Political Party Law No. 2/2008 came from the opposition group at the House of Representatives (DPR). One can’t be blamed to suspect that the revision of said two laws is merely aimed at make sure Golkar and PPP led by factions supporting the opposition group can participate in the 2015 simultaneous regional elections. But it seems that the opposition will fail to push for the revision because the government and the ruling coalition rejected the idea.
The Constitutional ‘Jihad’ Continues…
After “winning” the judicial review of Law No. 7/2004 on Water Resources (SDA) recently and the closing down of Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (BPMigas) in late 2012, the Central Board of Muhammadiyah (PP Muhammadiyah) together with some elements of the society continued to extol the ‘constitutional jihad’ through judicial review of other Laws.
Legal Vacuum on Water Resources
The Constitutional Court (MK) through its decision No. 85/PUU-XI/2013 had declared the Law No. 7/2004 on Water Resources (SDA) inconstitutional. This decision certainly brings a great deal of impacts to the business community in Indonesia and the global investment community. The MK’s decision forced the government to review arrangements regarding water resources in the country.
The AGO in Action: South & Southeast Sulawesi
The Attorney General Office (AGO) claimed that their newly Anti-Corruption Special Task Force, consisted of 100 prosecutors—pretty much the size of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)—have detained 48 graft suspects in the last two months from investigation into 19 separate corruption cases. The AGO, however, have not yet revealed the list of said 48 graft suspects as well as the cases. Apart from that claim, the AGO was also actively conducting corruption investigations in the regions. We have reviewed their actions in Central Sulawesi. Now let’s looking into their actions in South & Southeast Sulawesi.
Province Authority on Marine & Fisheries
The Law No. 23/2014 on Regional Government has once again caused complications. The Law states that the affairs of coastal and small islands are 70 percent the jurisdiction of the Central Government and 30 percent remains the jurisdiction of Provincial Government and without the involvement of Regency/City Government. Figuring the detail for that outline is where things get interesting.