President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appointed former  Head of West Jakarta District Court Achmad Setyo Pudjoharsoyo, as the Secretary of the Supreme Court, eliminating two other candidates Aco Nur and Imron Rosyadi. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung explained that Pudjo was elected the Secretary of the Supreme Court through a mechanism of Final Assessment Team (TPA) […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo expected Indonesian Muslims to give example to the international community that Islam is a religion of peace that highly upholds ethics and protects minority.“The President hopes Indonesia could be a model of how Islam should be. Islam is a religion of peace, upholds good manners and ethics, as well as protects […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo opened the 2017 President’s Cup football tournament, at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Saturday (4/2) afternoon. In his speech, President Jokowi hopes that the 2017 President’s Cup tournament can become a momentum for the awakening of our national football and a more professional football management. “I want football games in […]

Considering that Indonesian branding power in trade, investment, and tourism sectors are not as strong as other countries, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed all to improve it as other countries do so to their nation branding. “According to the data from trade and investment sectors, Indonesian branding power position was at 6.4 percent, behind Singapore […]

Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said that Indonesianpeople uphold religious values and religion becomes the spirit and soul of the nation. Hence, it is reasonable if religious figures have a special place in people’s life. Therefore, the Minister invited all parties to protect their dignity and honor. “All of us, particulary this country’s […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo hopes that the 2017 National Conference of Indonesian Rectors Forum will create educational concepts that change the mentality of our nation to become a more competitive, innovative nation to win the global competition with other nations. This was enunciated by President Jokowi when opening the 2017 National Conference of Indonesian Rectors […]

Two months into 2017, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ has already held a Plenary Cabinet Meeting on 2018 Government Work Plan (RKP) and the 2018 Macroeconomic Framework and the Principles of  Fiscal Policy, on Thursday (1/2), at the State Palace, Jakarta. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung explained that the Meeting discussing the 2018 Agenda was held because President […]

The Selection Team of member candidates of the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) led by Saldi Isra on Wednesday (1/2) at the Presidential Office met with President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo to report names of 24 candidates for KPU members and Bawaslu members for the period of 2017-2022. According to Saldi, […]

At a plenary cabinet meeting on Wednesday (1/2) at the State Palace, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo told all ministers and head of state institutions to maintain good public communication, (including for example by) visiting villages, pesantren (Islamic schools), campuses, the medias, (and so on). “I have repeatedly said this. I think this is the third […]

In order to spend capital expenditure, ministers and/or heads of institutions were asked by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo to engage the people,to give opportunities to contractors in the regions, and to create more labor-intensive projects. “Small and medium contractors should also learn how to handle big projects,” the President said when delivering his introductory remarks […]