Indonesian Competition Commission Forced To Announce Shut Down Of Its Operation

In the last couple of days, we have been seeing extraordinary developments in the long-running process of the appointment of new members of the Indonesian Competition Commission

In the last couple of days, we have been seeing extraordinary developments in the long-running process of the appointment of new members of the Indonesian Competition Commission (Indonesian acronym: KPPU). On 27 February 2018, the KPPU issued a press release to the effect that effective on 28 February 2018, the KPPU is being shut down. This development is due to the House of Representatives not being able to complete its selection of new Commissioners for the President to appoint before the term of the current Commissioners was due to expire on 28 February. It appeared that the President was not able to extend the terms of the current Commissioners in time to cover until the new Commissioners could be appointed. However, on 28 February, we learned that the President has signed a Decree