Answering reporters’ questions regarding the assessment of the ministers, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that the only one who can assess the ministers’ performance is the President. “It is a principle that the only one who can assess ministers’ performance is the President,” the President firmly said after attending the signing of activities contract at […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo led a limited meeting on change of status of private universities to state universities, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta (6/1). At the beginning of his remarks, President Jokowi said that the process to change the status of 29 private universities to state universities have started since 2010 or 5 years ago. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday morning (6/1) attended the launching of the 2016 activities contract signing of the Ministry of Public House and Public Housing, at the Pendopo Room of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, Jakarta. Starting his remarks, President Jokowi said that after the contract signing today in Jakarta, Medan, […]

Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway which will start the groundbreaking on 21 January 2016 will connect Halim road in Jakarta and Gedebage in Bandung. Governor of West Java Ahmad Heryawan admitted the route in Bandung is still under negotiation whether it will be located in Gedebage or Tegal Luar. Although the area in Tegal Luar and Gedebage […]

Concerning the upheaval of the rank of Ministries/Institutions’ performance assessment that has been done by the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB), Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that from his consultation with President Joko Widodo, he admitted that Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Yuddy Chrisnandi had mentioned this issue. […]

President Joko Widodo ordered the Attorney General, H.M. Prasetyo, resolve past human rights’ abuses cases so that it does not become a problem for all of us. “This problem must be resolved soon. We neet to start the process immediately,” President Joko Widodo said when delivering an introduction at a Limited Meeting on Political, Legal, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that despite global economic slowdown that affects Indonesia’s economy, the development of sharia financial service sector remains promising and can be further developed, evidenced by the growth of sharia banks, sharia investment funds, and sharia non-bank financial industries. The President also appreciated the move made by OJK (Financial Service Authority) […]

In an effort to develop potentials of sharia finance in Indonesia, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo (Jokowi) has given a green light to the idea to establish National Committee of Sharia Finance, which will be directly led by the President with the members comprising several ministers, Governor of Bank Indonesia and Chairman of the Financial Service […]

The Government will prioritize the settlement of human right violations of Din Minimi armed group in Aceh to be applied in a number of regions. This refers to the provisions of the Presidential Decree Number 22 of 2005. “Soft approaches have always become priorities for this administration because we believe that soft approaches are always […]

President Joko Widodo reminded Minister of Trade and Minister of Agriculture, as well as the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) to pay attention to the things related with the price at the market, same as what they havedone in 2015. “We must monitor the market so that this year’s inflation rate will not be so much […]