EXHIBIT 99.E
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
The information contained in this section supplements the information about the Republic corresponding to the headings below that is contained in Exhibit 99.D to the Republic’s annual report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. To the extent the information in this section differs from the information contained in such annual report, you should rely on the information in this section. Capitalized terms not defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them in the annual report.
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
Recent Developments
Amendment of 2020 Budget
In December 2019, the emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus (“Covid-19”) was reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, that has subsequently spread throughout the world, including Indonesia. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a public health emergency of international concern and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. The Covid-19 outbreak is currently having an adverse impact on the global economy, the severity and duration of which is difficult to predict.
On March 31, 2020, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 11 of 2020, the President of Indonesia declared Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency (Darurat Kesehatan Masyarakat). On the same day, the President also issued Government Regulation In Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2020 on Policies on State Finance and Financial System Stability to Deal with Covid-19 Pandemic and/or Threat to the National Economy and/or Financial System Stability. Through Presidential Regulation No. 54 of 2020 dated April 3, 2020 on Amendment to Posture and Details of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget of 2020 Budget Year, which was published on April 6, 2020 (“Presidential Regulation No. 54 of 2020”), the President authorized an increase of the 2020 budget by Rp405.1 trillion for purposes of fighting the spread of Covid-19, as follows: (i) Rp75 trillion for the health care sector, including medical personnel; (ii) Rp110 trillion for the expansion of the social safety net; (iii) Rp70.1 trillion to support manufacturers, small and medium-sized enterprises and certain other companies, including support with regards to taxes, import duties and business credits; and (iv) Rp150 trillion to support a national economic recovery program.
In addition to authorizing these additional amounts for the 2020 budget, Presidential Regulation No. 54 of 2020 also reallocated the budgeted revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year 2020. Accordingly, the revenues and expenditures that had originally been budgeted by the Government pursuant to Law No. 20 of 2019 on the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2020, (which was signed into law on October 18, 2019) were revised.
Fiscal and Monetary Responses to the Outbreak of Covid-19
As a result of these additional budgeted expenditures, the Government estimates the 2020 budget deficit to reach 5.07% of GDP. Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2020 also allows the budget deficit gap to temporarily exceed the statutory limit of 3% of GDP until the fiscal year 2022.
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