The COVID-19 pandemic not only impacted the health aspect of society, but also economically. Many communities affected by COVID-19 are forced to lose their livelihoods and incomes due to the pandemic. While people who were already poor before the pandemic are increasingly depressed and getting even poorer. Therefore, the Government must take appropriate policies to resolve the two impacts in order to not to cause deeper social problems.

Indonesia's experience in handling various large-scale disasters, in particular natural disasters, be it tsunamis, floods, volcanic eruptions, landslides, or earthquakes, provides a general description of the vulnerability in the management of public resources, in particular in budget-related ones, due to the relatively high risk of mishandling. Various cases of corruption have been addressed by law enforcers or reported by survivors who have not received their rightful assistance as they should.

Public Accountability Review (PAR) Potential Conflict of Interest in COVID-19 Policies

Recommendations for Amendment to General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) in Following Up on the Constitutional Court Decision Number 56 / PUU-XVII / 2019

Indonesia is one the countries affected by Coronavirus Disease 19 or commonly known as COVID-19. The disease had entered Indonesia since 2 March 2020 and has grown exponentially up until now. As of 13 May 2020, the COVID-19 have reached 15,438 cases among Indonesian people and 1,028 had died due to the Corona. 

Anyone who has visited the famed Malioboro street in Yogyakarta Special Administrative Province would know that street vendors are the area’s fixtures. Taxi driver slash tourist guide Gunadi said it was the vendors that had made Maliboro into the unique, tourist-magnet spot it was today. “They’re simply iconic to the area,” said Gunadi on Friday, December 6, 2019.

Located in the heart of Yogyakarta, Malioboro street is the tourism icon of this special administrative province. The street is famously adorned by a wonderfully chaotic mix of street vendors, traditional lesehan eateries where guests sit on the ground, and artists of which Yogyakarta has aplenty. Stretching for a mere one kilometer, tourists flock Maliboro to hunt and bargain for cheap souvenirs, food, and clothing from an array of seemingly endless vendors that line both sides of the street.