https://www.scmp.com/rss/513214/feed Dr Yanuar Nugroho is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He was the former Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Indonesia 2015-2019. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Indonesia’s presidential election is just around the corner. The first round of voting is set to take place on February 14 and if no pair of candidates wins more than 50 per cent of the national vote – plus at least 20 per cent of the votes in over half of the country’s provinces – then a second round will be held on June 26. From a national development perspective, the three pairs of candidates – Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar (Team AMIN), Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3250698/indonesias-next-president-will-uphold-jokowis-legacy-its-own-might-not-be-enough?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3250698/indonesias-next-president-will-uphold-jokowis-legacy-its-own-might-not-be-enough?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Feb 2024 02:00:17 +0000 In a long overdue development, Indonesia’s House of Representatives passed the much-anticipated Personal Data Protection (PDP) bill into law on September 20. Its ratification will essentially support the government in realising its national strategy for digital transformation. Overall, Indonesia’s government seems to be optimistic about the PDP law. Communication and Information Technology Minister Johnny G. Plate claimed that Indonesia was the fifth Asean country to have PDP regulations and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3194399/indonesias-bjorka-embarrassment-exposed-its-devastatingly-weak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3194399/indonesias-bjorka-embarrassment-exposed-its-devastatingly-weak?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Oct 2022 01:00:20 +0000 On June 15, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo carried out a cabinet reshuffle that saw him replace two ministers and add three new vice-ministerial positions. The president appointed Zulkifli Hasan as the Minister of Trade, replacing Muhammad Lufti, and appointed Hadi Tjahyanto as the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning, replacing Sofyan Djalil. He also picked Raja Juli Antoni as the Vice-Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning, Afriansyah Noor as the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3186609/has-indonesias-jokowi-chosen-consolidating-power-over-political?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3186609/has-indonesias-jokowi-chosen-consolidating-power-over-political?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:18:56 +0000