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...area, has acknowledged that more needs to be done to maintain and improve the country's creaky infrastructure. "This shows that we need to monitor all of these reservoirs and make sure they are still retaining their function," says Andi Mallarangeng, a spokesman for Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. After the collapse of Suharto's regime that ruled Indonesia for 32 years, he says, "much infrastructure was neglected and that is why the President has made improving infrastructure one of his top priorities." (See pictures of the dam's collapse...
...February, the government announced it would spend some $7 billion on various projects as part of an overall stimulus package. Since taking office in 2004, Yudhoyono has held two major "infrastructure summits" offering close to $38 billion dollars' worth of projects to private investors, though few have had any takers. Jakarta's business community cites a range of problems and obstacles that are keeping investors on the sidelines while funding remains sorely needed for the building of new ports, power plants and roads across this huge nation. "Lots of projects were showcased but very few have been realized because...
...economists contend that Indonesia's performance could match that of India and China if Yudhoyono presses reforms further. The most damaging, and most politically sensitive, issue dampening investment is the nation's oppressive labor law. Passed in 2003, it requires companies to get government approval to lay off staff and mandates heavy severance payments. The stipulations were a misguided attempt to protect local workers that instead has made Indonesia uncompetitive in the kinds of labor-intensive industries - like textiles and footwear manufacturing - that could help reduce the country's lofty unemployment rate, currently at about 8.5%. Political analysts complain that...
...helped democracy flourish in the world's most populous Muslim nation is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired army general who, if early polls are an indication, could next year become the first Indonesian President to win re-election. Since coming to power in 2004, S.B.Y., as he is known, has presided with integrity, with fewer political scandals than normal to sully his rule. In the resource-rich territory of Aceh, S.B.Y. spearheaded a historic accord that has brought peace to a former civil-war battleground. Despite the fact that Indonesia gave birth to Jemaah Islamiah, an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist...
...conclusions. "It's all about politics," says Ivan Valentina Ageung, head of legal affairs for the environmental group Walhi, referring to the disaster in general. Walhi sued Lapindo, alleging it was responsible for Lusi; that, as well as another lawsuit, were decided in favor of Lapindo. A spokesman for Yudhoyono denies that Bakrie's connection to the administration has influenced the government's response. Indeed, it was Yudhoyono who ordered Lapindo to compensate the displaced villagers...