Luhut B. Padjaitan who was just inaugurated as Head of Presidential Staff by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at State Palace Jakarta Wednesday afternoon (31/12), confirmed his readiness to perform his duties well. What are the duties? “Perhaps synchronize the less synchronous tasks to accelerate budget absorption, and perhaps coordinate many other tasks, synchronize many parties,” […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Wednesday (31/12) morning, chaired the  limited meeting that devoted to discuss of the search progress of  AirAsia plane-QZ8501, which crashed in the waters of Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan. In his introduction, President Jokowi argued, after looking directly into the scene (Pangkalan Bun) related to SAR […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) together with Vice President Jusuf Kalla, in the Presidential Office Jakarta on Tuesday morning (30/12), chaired the cabinet meeting for the first time. This meeting was related to the Defense Industry Policy Committee (KKIP). In his introductory remarks, President Jokowi stated the four main priorities in the defense policies. The first […]

The Selection Committees of Constitutional Court once again conducted the interview selection as a part of selection series of Constitutional Court Judge candidates on Tuesday in the State Secretariat Building, Jakarta. There were five candidates of Constitutional Court Judge who passed the first stage of interview and continued to the second stage. Afterward, the second […]

 After looking at the crash site location of the AirAsia QZ8501, in the waters of Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) fly directly to Juanda Airport, Surabaya, to meet  the families of passengers and crew. President who was accompanied by the Governor of East Java, Soekarwo and Mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rimaharini, as […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) with boarded the Hercules aircraft C-130 belonging to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU), had seen the location of the crash site of AirAsia QZ8501, in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, on Tuesday (30/12) afternoon. In the review to the scene from Hercules aircraft, President Jokowi other than looked directly at the […]

“Some people gave me advices regarding additions to the arrangement of the draft of 2015 Revision State Budget, but all I wanted is in 2015 our focus will be on infrastructure,” President Jokowi said it in his opening speech before the plenary cabinet meeting in the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Wednesday afternoon. The plenary cabinet […]

Ending their two days visit in Papua, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana leave Papua on Monday (29/12) afternoon from Air Force base in Manuhua, Biak Numfor, West Papua. Prior to their departure, President Jokowi inspects Frans Kaisiepo airport which previously was the main airport during occupation by the Dutch. President wants to […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that Joint Search in effort to find AirAsia Plane QZ8501 which is missing during its flight from Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday (28/12) is still ongoing. He said that after held a closed meeting with military and police officials. “The joint team is between Ministry, Indonesian Army (TNI), Indonesian Police […]