For December 2021, the number of merit distributed at the Indonesian Local Board was only 243 merits. But I believe in January we will have an increase.

Looking at Merit Dashboard and incomplete data for January (up until January 28th), seems like you are having a great month, merit wise. As a matter of fact, it will be your best month in almost two years, since April 2020. Did you finally get a new merit source, or the current ones became more active?
Ouch!
This is a bad news for the Italian board, which has been desperately trying to close the gap since a few months now.
Jokes aside, best of luck to our Indonesian friend, we are looking for a real struggle!