In a related development, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno in a talk with her Turkish counterpart reaffirmed Indonesia’s commitment to stand behind Palestine, demanding that “The Palestinian issue must be resolved based on various Security Council resolutions and internationally agreed parameters, including the two-state solution.” In response to this offer, the Chair of the Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation in the Indonesian House of Representatives said that Indonesia will never normalize relations with Israel as it is a “occupation state”, adding that the “‘blind’ US bias towards Israel and its disregard for Palestinian rights,” has turned the situation in the region “from bad to worse.” (dql) The US has offered Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, to double its current one billion USD Indonesia portfolio if Jakarta would join President Donald Trump’s push for Muslim countries to establish relations with Israel and develop ties with Israel. Indonesia-USA relations: Washington offers billions for Indonesia establishing ties with Israel įor short bios of the new ministers, see. Yaqut is widely believe to go back to a policy of moderation towards Islamic groups. The President provoked anger from NU with his bold move of installing Fachrul in October 2019. Observers view this decision of the President as a return to regular practices, in which the Religious Affairs Ministry portfolio would be handed to a senior figure of the NU, as per tradition. Notable is the appointment of Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, leader of the Ansor Youth Movement of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s biggest Muslim organization, as new Minister for Religious Affairs, replacing Fachrul Razi, a retired four-star army general known for his penchant for stirring debate by provocative Islam-critical ideas, including his suggestion of a ban on the niqab and men’s cropped pans in government offices.
He succeeds Terawan Agus Putranto, a controversial military radiologist and former personal doctor to Widodo’s late mother, who has come under fire over his mishandling of the pandemic. Īmid surging numbers of coronavirus infections, Deputy Minister for State-owned Enterprises Budi Gunadi Sadikin, who doubles as head the national economic recovery task force, has been appointed the new Health Minister. The reshuffle was prompted by the country’s ongoing economic depression due to the pandemic as well as by the arrest of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister and the Social Affairs Minister over corruption allegations. (dql) In major Cabinet reshuffle last week, President Joko Widodo replaced six ministers for health, trade, tourism, fisheries, social, and religious affairs. During the first meeting, only eleven types of fees were covered.Īccording to Workforce Management Division Director Hsueh Chien-chung, the Indonesian side on the other hand criticized Taiwan’s requirement that applicants provide their criminal record and that Taiwan is the only country importing Indonesian labor to do so.Īs of the end of November, 265,439 Indonesians were employed in Taiwan, with 194,022 of them working as caregivers and domestic workers. The main issues of last week’s meeting were Taiwan’s ban on Indonesian migrant workers due to COVID-19 concerns and a policy supposedly unilaterally introduced by Indonesia to take effect next month that transfers all preparatory costs of migrant workers, such as airfares and passport and work visa costs, to Taiwanese employers. (nm) After a meeting last week between representatives from the Taiwan Ministry of Labor and Indonesian officials left several issues unresolved, officials are to convene again in two weeks over recruitment costs for Indonesian migrant workers. Taiwan-Indonesia relations: Discussion on migrant worker fees to be continued
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