After leading Limited Meeting on High Speed Train Progress, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla continued to lead Limited Meeting on the Development of the Implementation of Poverty Reduction Program at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Tuesday (25/7) afternoon. In his introductory remarks, President Jokowi asked to maintain the stability of the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who acted as inspector of ceremony, inaugurated the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) Academy and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) Academy Graduates at the graduation ceremony of the TNI Academy and the Polri Academy who have passed education to become First Officer of 2017, at the front yard of Presidential Palace […]

Veterans of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police, allied under Association of Armed Forces Veteran of the Republic of Indonesia (Pepabri), fully support the Government’s move to disband anti-Pancasila (state ideology) mass organizations. The statement was made by the Association’s Chairman Agum Gumelar during their meeting with President Joko ‘Widodo’ […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his highest appreciation to all ministries, particularly Ministry of Communication and Informatics, and related institutions for the result of Gallup World Poll (GWP), an internationally credible survey, in which Indonesia ranks first for public trust in the Government. “This is really important because it is the fundamental of conducting our […]

The result of the survey of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) stated that in March 2017, the number of Indonesians living in poverty reached 27.77 million people (10.64 percent) or grew by 6,900 people compared to September 2016 (27.76 million people). Therefore, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asked all ministries/institutions to make efforts to reduce poverty rate. Moreover, […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung considered the growth of the Indonesian Government debt is relatively small. He reminded the public that three years ago, precisely at the end of 2014, Indonesian Government debt reached Rp2,604.93 trillion. Meanwhile, in April 2017, the Government debt grew to Rp3,667.41 trillion. “Every year, we pay the debt of Rp250 trillion. […]

President  Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reminded his Working Cabinet Ministers to be careful in issuing a Ministerial Regulation (Permen).  The President also told his ministers to calculate and take some time before issuing those Regulations. “We have to communicate with the people and the stakeholders first so those Ministerial Regulations will not hinder the business world […]

The development of Trans Sumatra Toll Road connecting Pekanbaru-Dumai whose construction began six months ago has entered the land clearing and land acquisition process. “The land acquisition process is 47% finished,” said President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo after visiting the construction site of the Toll Road in Pekanbaru on Sunday (23/7).

To anticipate rapid changes, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asked all universities, in particular universities under PP Muhammadiyah, especially Ahmad Dahlan University in Yogyakarta, to prepare themselves. “Don’t be lulled by our routine activities that make us unable to create breakthroughs,” President Jokowi said when giving a lecture at the Campus of Ahmad Dahlan University, Bantul, […]

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in coordination with the Governmental Public Relations Coordination Board (Bakohumas) of Ministry of Communication and Informatics held a Thematic Forum adopting a theme “Right Targeted Electricity Subsidy Policy For A Just Energy”, at Margo Hotel, Depok, West Java, on 20 to 22 July 2017. During the discussion session, Head […]