'Soft Crackdown' / Demos Mount / Reshuffle Plan / SOEs + China V KPK / Lembong on BRI / E-Forex OK'd
A soft crackdown -- issuing charges of money laundering and treason against key lieutenants organizing demonstrations for Prabowo - entails both...
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Prabowo Enlists Clerics / Police Brace / Moving Jakarta / Scandals Complicate Reshuffle / FDI Gains
Prabowo attended a conference of hardline clerics who denounced the election as fraudulent, moving a step closer to disrupting the capital with...
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Refusniks Vs KPU / Tension Persists / Slow Count / Minister Talks Labor Regs "Reform" / Headless PLN
Prabowo persists in refusing to acknowledge the election outcome, while attempting to delegitimize electoral authorities. He has rejected an...
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Stimulating Growth Will Be a Key Jokowi Challenge; Lower Rates Will Help, Near-Term
Indonesia's real GDP grew at a disappointing pace of 5% annually during Jokowi's first term -- well below the 7% growth he had targeted....
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No Narrowing / Moderate Unrest Risk / Overseas Ballot Case / Tax Rule Tweaks / Quick Count Methods
Prabowo's rhetoric has become even more strident, but there is no reason -- and no data -- to suggest that he is drawing any closer. Reliable...
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