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Lawmakers have rejected state-owned electricity firm PLN’s request for Rp 10 trillion (US$651.4 million) in public funds for the improvement of the country’s energy infrastructure, pointing to a lack of clarity on the utility’s priorities and use of funds.
The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), which perused LHKPN data on the KPK website, has reported 55 lawmakers to the House of Representatives’ ethics council for their failure to do their obligation as public officials, as mandated by the 2002 KPK Law and the 1999 Law on Clean Governance.
Finding female candidates for the legislative and executive branches remains a constant challenge, as political parties often flout the 30-percent minimum quota for women representation when they head into elections.
The surprise March 2 decision by a Jakarta district court, which law experts say it had no authority to make, has added fuel to a lingering debate on whether President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should be allowed to stay in power longer, despite him next year reaching the two-term limit set by the constitution.
Labor unions and worker rights activists plan to stage more nationwide protests and strikes to oppose the controversial government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on job creation that is set to be passed into law in a House of Representative plenary session in March.
