February 26, 2025 | 07:26 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Monday, February 24, 2025. Here are the highlights: Prabowo Assigns AHY to Build Giant Sea Wall from Banten to Gresik; President Prabowo Claims Indonesia Will Surpass Japan, UK, and France by 2050; Danantara is Vulnerable to Political Intervention, Says CSIS.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Prabowo Assigns AHY to Build Giant Sea Wall from Banten to Gresik
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto assigned Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) to construct a Giant Sea Wall from Banten to Gresik.
According to Prabowo, the construction of the sea wall is aimed at saving the northern coast of Java from the threat of submergence.
"The Giant Sea Wall that will save the northern coast of Java. The Giant sea wall must be built from Banten to Gresik, hundreds of kilometers," said Prabowo during the closing speech at the Sixth Congress of the Democratic Party, held at the Ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place, Jakarta, on Tuesday, January 25, 2025.
2. President Prabowo Claims Indonesia Will Surpass Japan, UK, and France by 2050
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto mentioned the slogan 'Indonesia Gelap' (Dark Indonesia) which has been voiced by thousands of students from various regions in the country over the past week. He scoffed at it during the closing of the Democratic Party Congress today.
Prabowo believes that Indonesia will become a country that is stronger and more prosperous by 2050. He said that Indonesia will surpass several advanced countries such as Japan and the UK by 2050.
"Indonesia will be above Japan, above the UK, above France, so why is Indonesia in the dark?" Prabowo said while playing with his lips when addressing the VI Democratic Congress at the Ritz Carlton South Jakarta on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
3. Danantara is Vulnerable to Political Intervention, Says CSIS
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Department of Economics, Deni Friawan, scrutinizes the organizational structure of the Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) Investment Management Agency. He argued that the structures make Danantara vulnerable to political intervention and merely add layers of bureaucracy.
According to Deni, the establishment of Danantara was intended to enable state-owned enterprises (BUMN) to function properly without depending on politics. But the current organizational structure implies no such thing.
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