Today's Top 3 News: Jokowi Urged to Retract Statement on President's Right to Back Election Contestants, Indonesia and OIC Delegates Leave UNSC Session During Israeli Envoy's Speech
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25 January 2024 21:30 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English rounded the top three news on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Here are the highlights: Jokowi Urged to Retract Statement on President's Right to Back Election Contestants, Indonesia and OIC Delegates Leave UNSC Session During Israeli Envoy's Speech, and Pertamina Wins Auction to Work on Block SK510 in Malaysia.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Jokowi Urged to Retract Statement on President's Right to Back Election Contestants
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Director of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), Khoirunnisa Agustyati, urged President Joko Widodo or Jokowi to withdraw his statement that the president and ministers could endorse any presidential candidate in the elections.
Perludem believed that the statement could be used as a basis for state officials and the entire state apparatus to show political bias in the upcoming February elections. This has the potential to make the election process riddled with fraud.
2. Indonesia, OIC Delegates Leave UNSC Session During Israeli Envoy's Speech
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and several Organization of Islamic Cooperation or OIC delegations left the room as Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan began his speech at the UNSC ministerial meeting centered on aid shipments to Gaza on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.
Ministry spokesperson Lalu M. Iqbal said that a number of OIC delegates agreed to leave the room as Erdan spoke. "Israeli envoy was not present when Indonesia and several OIC states delivered their speeches. Vice versa, the Indonesian delegation and several OIC states were also not present during his speech," he said via WhatsApp message on Wednesday evening.
3. Pertamina Wins Auction to Work on Block SK510 in Malaysia
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - PT Pertamina Malaysia Exploration Production (PMEP) and its partners won the bid to work on the SK510 exploration block in Malaysia through the annual Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) of 2023. PMEP president director Fuji Koesumadewi signed the collaboration in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, January 23.
Block SK510 covers an area of 1,864 square kilometers, located off the coast of Sarawak, Malaysia. The block is a work area within the upstream asset management portfolio of PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE), Pertamina's subholding in the upstream sector.
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