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View all search resultsThe University of Indonesia (UI) is slated to hold a meeting this week to discuss its board of professors’ (DGB) findings related to the controversial awarding of a doctorate by the university’s School of Global and Strategic Studies to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.
Another government drive for financial efficiency has been shot down following a public outcry against restrictions on the sales of subsidized household gas introduced on Feb. 1. The new policy quickly gathered heat, with long lines of angry people around the country trying to buy 3-kilogram canisters of LPG and amid harsh criticism going viral on social media.
The House of Representatives Commission XII overseeing energy has approved a draft government regulation on the National Energy Policy (KEN), which carries a less ambitious decarbonization target. The new policy postpones the 23 percent share of renewable energy in the national energy mix to 2030 from its original target of 2025, while the share of coal is projected to rise from 39.48 percent last year to 40.7 percent in 2030.
Amid speculation of an impending cabinet reshuffle, Golkar Party chairman and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said that his party’s commitment to supporting President Prabowo Subianto’s administration would prevent Golkar ministers from being ousted from the cabinet.
The series of controversies embroiling several ministers in President Prabowo Subianto’s first 100 days in office has prompted calls for the reshuffle of his bloated Red and White cabinet, although observers say it is unlikely to happen soon unless “urgent factors” arise.
Since the policy was implemented, however, long queues have formed outside approved LPG distributors across various regions, with thousands of residents expressing frustration over their struggle to obtain the cooking gas.
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