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View all search resultsIndonesia has long sought proportional gender representation in politics, but women still make up less than 10 percent of regional leaders, and those who have managed to reach positions of authority continue to face disproportionate obstacles, a recent study has shown.
Health protocols have been more strictly enforced on the Presidential Palace grounds in recent weeks, including for state guests and embedded journalists, following repeated incidents of COVID-19 transmission in close proximity to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
Amid concerns over Indonesia’s ever-growing tally of confirmed coronavirus cases, several regional heads across the archipelago have come forward and announced that they have tested positive for COVID-19.
A music video featuring various state officials and regional heads that encourages citizens to stay at home ahead of the Idul Fitri holidays has been met with a less-than-enthusiastic response from the public, with many social media users criticizing the video’s “tone-deaf” nature amid the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The state’s financial tracking body “conducted a search of the financial transactions of several regional leaders who had allegedly put money in foreign currencies equivalent to Rp 50 billion [US$3.5 million] into casino accounts abroad”.
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