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 […]

In wake of the recent raid of food stalls in Serang, Banten, by the city’s Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officials, Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo told regional governments to consult with the Central Government and wait for its consent before issuing a bylaw. According to him, many bylaws were issued without the knowledge […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Saturday (11/6) at the Puputan Monument, Denpasar, Bali. opened the 38th Bali Arts Festival. The 38th Bali Art Festival is not just a parade or art festival but also an activity with the cultural, educational and economic functions, especially for the Balinese people, President Jokowi stated. “I am glad to […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that he will always monitor the progress of the ongoing development projects. The President made the statement after leading a groundbreaking ceremony of Jeranjang Mobile Power Plant (MPP) project with the capacity of 2×25MW in Kebunayu Village, Gerung District, West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, on Saturday (11/6). “I […]

Electricity shortage reaches 21,000 Megawatt (MW) in Java and Bali, therefore the construction of power plants must be accelerated to meet demand of power. The statement was made by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in his remarks at the groundbreaking of Lontar Extention Steam-fuelled Power Plant (PLTU) in Lontar Village, Tanggerang, Banten, on Friday (10/6), as […]

The Government will contribute to address the problems in the implementation of several national strategic projects for the people’s interest. The statement was made by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in his remarks during the signing of several national strategic projects contracts, including Batang Power Plant project, toll roads projects connecting Manado and Bitung in North […]

ADKASI, or the Association of Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), hopes that President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo would synchronize development in the regions because regulations at the Central Government and regional laws are still overlapping. “One of the examples is the case of village funds in Papua, where the distribution of village funds is not done […]