Although it is still January, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo thought that the signs of drought have appeared. Therefore, the President reminded his administration to be alert. Moreover the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted that the climate in 2017 will be drier. “So, all of us must be really careful,” the President firmly […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reminded that the cases of forest fires that occurred in 2015 has led the Government overwhelmed and the Government has done everything they can to put them out. To that end, the President hopes that all parties remain vigilant so that forest fires do not recur. “We should be grateful, as […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo calmly responded to the latest tweet of former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) regarding the rampant spread of hoaxes and also the disseminators of slander. Previously, former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wrote on his twitter account: “Allah, the one and only God. How has the country become like this? Disseminators of […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo congratulated Donald Trump following his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States. The inauguration ceremony took place at Capitol Hill, Washington DC, the US, on Friday (20/1) local time. “I would like to congratulate President Donald Trump on his inauguration,” President Jokowi said after taking part in the Bogor […]

Responding to the criminal cases related with the recruitment of Civil Servant Candidates (CPNS) that occured lately, the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Asman Abnur asserted that until now, the Government has not opened the recruitment of CPNS.“The Government, until now, has not opened the formations for CPNS recruitment. The moratorium […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo met with the 3rd President of the Republic of Indonesia Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie and former Vice President Try Sutrisno in a separate meeting held at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (19/1), discussed a number of issues regarding the nation. Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, who was accompanying President Jokowi during the […]

In a bid to improve effectiveness and efficiency of state administration tasks, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 30 December 2016 signed a Presidential Regulation Number 116 of 2016 on the Dissolving of National Seed Board; Community Guidance Controlling Board; Council of the Stabilisation of Monetary and Economic Resilience; Steering Committee for the Development of Batam, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo (Jokowi) on Wednesday (18/1) at the State Palace inaugurated former Defense Ministry’s Inspector General, Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, as the new Air Force Chief of Staff. Hadi replaced retiring Air Chief Marshall Agus Supriatna, whose tenure will end this month. The inauguration of the new Air Force Chief of Staff […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo affirmed that the Government work in 2017 is focused on reducing inequality between regions and overcoming social inequality. In this regard, the President believes that an even distribution of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) can give people access to better public services, and employment opportunities are not only increasing but also […]

The Government committed to carrying out law reform by sorting out regulations considered unnecessary and unimportant. National Intelligence Agency (BIN) has reported that there are 41,000 regulations which are overlapping, unnecessary, as well as contradicting. “Those regulations will be evaluated and restructured so that the unnecessary and unimportant one will be eliminated,” Coordinating Minister for […]