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Highlights From Local News Wires

INDONESIA

Below is a collection of news wires reports from English versions of Indonesian Newspapers and some other major news outlets.

Politics: “Ganjar becomes lone gainer as support for Prabowo, Anies falls” – Jakarta Globe (see link)

  • Ganjar’s support has risen 6pp since he was officially announced as the Presidential candidate for the ruling PDI-P in April, according to a SMRC poll. His support is at 39.2% whereas Defence Minister Prabowo is on 32.1% (+0.6pp) and former Jakarta Governor Anies has 19.7% (-4.5pp).

Politics: “Airlangga’s Presidential bi treads a thorny path” – Jakarta Globe (see link)

  • Golkar signalled that party chairman Airlangga will run in the 2024 presidential election but there is a high chance that it won’t be able to get the support of other parties to meet the 20% of House of Reps seats for him to stand.

Politics: “Golkar, PKB at logger heads over Prabowo’s running mate) – Jakarta Post (link)

Politics: “Hary Tanoesoedibjo confident Perindo will win house seats by 2 digits” – Jakarta Globe (see link)

Geopolitics: “No formal dialogue between ASEAN and AUKUS or Quad: envoy” – Jakarta Globe (see link)

  • An Indonesian envoy said that Indonesia had not had formal talks with AUKUS or the Quad following President Joko’s comments that ASEAN should see both groups as “partners, not competitors”.

Economy: “President Jokowi, South Korean business delegation discuss investment” – Antara News (link)

Banking: “OJK, BPKP boost cooperation for stronger financial services monitoring” – Antara News (link)

Banking: “Indonesia becomes 3rd largest shareholder of Islamic Development Bank” – Antara News (link)

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