President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed more active, braver, intensive, comprehensive, and integrated  efforts to eradicate drugs and narcotics. Therefore, as delivered in his remarks in a limited meeting at the Presidential Office, on Wednesday (24/2) afternoon, the President instructed the related ministries/institutions to rid of sectoral ego and to move together to eradicate drugs because […]

Cabinet Secretary (Seskab) Pramono Agung affirmed that during a consultation meeting between the Speakers of the House of Representatives (DPR) and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday (22/2), they have agreed to postpone the revision of Law No. 30 of 2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). President has stated about […]

Infrastructure developments in various regions currently encouraged by the Government, have an impact on the needs for domestic products. However, the Cabinet Secretary (Seskab) Pramono Anung admitted that the use of import products is still too dominant in several Ministries/Institutions (K/L) and also in State-owned Enterprises (BUMN). In the Limited Meeting about Local Industrial Content […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that to build professional and respected force, the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) must have a primary weaponry defense system (alutsista) for three forces in an integrated manner. The President also said that the budget for the TNI is now 1.1 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Previously, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that budget of the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) is expected to increase more than 1 percent in the future. Once the budget increases as expected, or exceeding 6 percent, the allocation for 2019 TNI’s budget will be around Rp 200-250 trillion. However, according to Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, President […]

Presidential Spokeperson Johan Budi Sapto Prabowo firmly said that until now, President Joko Widodo has not made any decision on the methods used for constructing Masela block, whether it is offshore or onshore. “The President still reviews all aspects of Masela Project considering the scale and complexity of the project. The decision must be made […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, led a limited meeting on the continuation of discussion on the Increase of Local Industrial Content (TKDN) at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Tuesday (23/2) afternoon. In his introductory remarks, President Jokowi asserted that he has already conveyed the Government’s intentions to use domestic products, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Speaker have agreed to postpone the discussion on the revision of the Law Number 30 of 2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The agreement was reached in a consultation meeting between President Jokowi and the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) officials […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that 2015-2030 is a critical period. The President admitted that he never knows what will happen if we do not win this fight. On the contrary, if we win this fight we will be ready to take off. “There is a key and it lies in all of you, not […]

In his visit to Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed el-Tayeb, the current Grand Imam of al-Azhar was welcomed by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Monday (22/2) at the Merdeka Palace. Commenting on the visit, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir said that the visit of the Grand Imam is the first time […]