Iris van Eeden Jones, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Dedy Eryanto, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Karin Lasthuizen, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The new SOE Minister is trying to put ethical leaders into SOEs, but finding leaders that have a clean record and free from controversy is not easy.
Indonesia has decided that state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina will take over the Rokan block, in Riau, from Chevron when the US energy firm’s operating contract expires in 2021.
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The recent Rokan block deal signals a shift to a more nationalist agenda, but Indonesia’s government is still pursuing other more outward-looking economic policies.
The country’s lawmakers for the past two years have been deliberating a new oil and gas bill without much progress.
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Giri Ahmad Taufik, Indonesian Center for Law and Policy Studies (PSHK)
Indonesian lawmakers should ignore a push from nationalists groups to return monopoly rights over the country’s oil and gas reserved to the state oil company, Pertamina.