Election Body Pressured / Lippo Tested / FDI / AGO Martyrs Foe / SMI on GDP / Matchfixing / CPO Fuel
Police interrogated members of the independent General Election Commission (KPU), pursuant to a spurious case in which a coordinating minister has...
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Resource Export Earnings Repatriated / Sulawesi Flood / BTP Free / Tax IT / MRT / Electoral Agencies
Politics: Corruption moved to the fore of campaign sparring, as National Mandate Party (Pan) founder Amien Rais accused President Joko Widodo of...
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Widodo, PDI-P Lead / Siregar to DC / Tobin Tax Unlikely / KPK Bomb Scare / Industry Minister Eyed
Widodo maintains his 20 point lead in a late December poll, while PDI-P looks poised to control over 40% of the next parliament -- rendering the...
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Indonesian Politics: Widodo's Lead Unchanged; Prabowo Tries New Tact; 3 ERP Bidders; DNI Still Due
In a new dynamic, the respective presidential campaigns abruptly escalated recriminations about each other's alleged corruption, triggering...
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Indonesian Politics: 3-Policy Package Planned; Uno Underscores Econ; BI Hikes; Clerics Rate Poorly
The government committed to three reforms in a 'policy package' that calls for opening new sectors to foreign ownership and offering tax holidays...
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