President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said as a big country, Indonesia is now facing rapidly changing economic-geopolitical constellation dynamics after the Cold War. Free trade wave and the tension of regional integrated economic zone will be intense in the upcoming years, the President added. He also estimates that economic competition among countries will increase in the […]

Concerning major challenges and threats that must be encountered by Indonesia at the moment, President Joko Widodo thought that this is a call for all of us to defend our country. “All Indonesian citizens must have the intention and move to defend their country according to their fields of devotion,” the President said while mentioning […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo conferred awards expressed gratitute to blood donors who were voluntary donate their blood for 100 times. The President appraised their priceless actions and said that they deserve to be acknowledged as humanitarian activists.  “Your presence at this event affirm the importance of fraternity to all of us, as well as to […]

President Joko Widodo asserted that gojek and other application-based services present to answer the people’s need. Therefore, he added, a regulation should not harm the interests of the people. “Who makes the regulation? It’s us. As long as the people need it, I think there is no problem,” the President told the journalists at Bogor […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that the success of national or regional development is very determined by the cooperation or synergy between central and regional Governments, between governor and Provincial House of Representatives (DPRD), as well as between the regent/mayor and Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) at regency and city levels. “The synergy could run […]

Representatives from several Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) met President Joko Widodo, at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday (17/12), to deliver important and urgent issues which the Government must pay attention to, so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be immediately carried out. Sugeng Subagio from Infid (International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development) explained that […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the sideline of his instruction to 180 Indonesian National Defense Forces Senior Officers delivered the needs to perform transformation and changing from consumption to production and from consumption to investment. We can not rely our economic growth on consumption. We must prepare the nation to become a production base. “It […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that every time he meets with heads of state, heads of government, presidents or prime ministers, issues related to capitalism, terrorism, and the Islamic State of Iraqi and Syria (ISIS) have always become major topics during the discussions. “At international forums such as G-20, ASEAN Summit, APEC, COP 21, and […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has called on the people who are going to celebrate Christmas and New Year, especially 2016 New Year, to celebrate them in a ‘simple and modest’ way. The President also emphasized the importance of giving a good example and preventing social jealousy during Christmas and New Year celebration. “The President has […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo clarified the views of several people who assumed the President already made a decision for Indonesia to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). “When I met President Barrack Obama, I said that Indonesia intends to join the TPP. Once again, it is “intend to join”, not “will join”, because the plan […]