President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, on Thursday at the State Palace, inaugurated Central Sulawesi Governor Longki Djanggola and his Deputy Governor Sudarto for the 2016 – 2021 term. In his remarks, President Jokowi said that after being inaugurated, both Longki Djanggola and Sudarto are expected to materialize their promises to bring prosperity and advancement for the […]

No Islamic bylaws were among the 3,143 bylaws that were annulled by the Central Government and  the annulled bylaws are only related to the investment, bureaucratic services, and permits, Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo announced. “Those (Islamic bylaws) weren’t annulled,” Tjahjo said on Wednesday (15/6), at the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Office, Jakarta.

It is the time for Indonesia, as a country whose 70 percent of its total territory is ocean, to accelerate the maritime development programs because our future depends on the sea, President Jokowi says. “We will become a great country if we are able to preserve and exploit our marine potentials. Marine sector can move […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted that many people have a reservation about the Government’s plan to develop programs to generate 35,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity and 46,000 kilometers of transmission networks within the period of 5 years will be reached because to date or during 70 years of Indonesian independence, Indonesia only has 53,000 MW. Nonetheless, […]

All Indonesians must be optimistic to win the global competition and become the winner in this fierce competition, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo says. “I remind you all to never ever give up. To win the competition, we must build connectivity from Sabang to Merauke, scrap problems in bureaucracy and improve the quality of human resources,” […]

The infrastructures development in Papua and West Papua needs to be accelerated, not only by building roads, bridges, airports, and seaports but also by creating industrial zones and centers of economic growth in Papua to distribute Papua’s products in or out the province trough sea tolls. “Therefore, I instruct all related parties to integrate sea […]

Board of directors of Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex Corporation led by its CEO Toshiaki Kitamura on Tuesday (14/6) at the Merdeka Palace met with President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo to affirm its commitment to continue the development of gas-rich Masela block in Maluku. Vice President Corporate Service Inpex Corporation Nico Muhyiddin said that the […]

Indonesian Hajj Supervisory Commission (KPHI) considered the needs to reform Hajj organizers, including institutional aspects of financial governance and service operational. The statement was made by Head of KPHI Samidin Nashir during the meeting with President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (16/4), at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta.

The Government annulled 3,143 bylaws considered detrimental to the investment in order to cut the bureaucracy in regions. Therefore, the regional governements should follow the Government policy packages announced by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo told the reporters on Monday (13/6), at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. The annulled bylaws are […]

Based on the evaluation done by the Government to regional laws and regional head laws, the Government through Ministry of Home Affairs has annulled 3,143 regional laws deemed to impede economic growth in the regions and acceleration to win the competition, complicate bureaucracy, permit, investment process and ease of doing business, be against higher laws […]