Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms has issued Circular Number 67 of 2020 on Amendment to the Circular Number 58 of 2020 on Work System for State Civil Apparatus in the New Normal Order. The Circular, dated 4 September, regulates the percentage of State Civil Apparatus attendance based on the risk zone area. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has established a team to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development through Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 18 of 2020, which was signed by the President on Thursday (3/9). Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176226/Keppres_Nomor_18_Tahun_2020.pdf. Previously, the President had formed two teams, namely the COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery Task Forces under the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and […]

The Eijkman Institute has started to develop the ‘red and white vaccine’—name of the locally-produced vaccine — with a recombinant protein platform, according to Minister of Research and Technology Bambang Brodjonegoro. The progress of the process has already reached 50%, he added. “Our target is that by the end of this year, the institute can […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has reprimanded 53 incumbent regional heads for involving masses during registration for 2020 Regional Head Elections. During a press conference after a virtual Limited Meeting on Tuesday (8/9), the Minister stated that dissemination on health protocols during elections stages which was conducted just before the registration might be the […]

Imposition of administrative sanctions in the upcoming regional head elections will become the authority of the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the General Elections Commission (KPU), Bawaslu Head Abhan said. According to Abhan, the sanctions may be in the forms of a warning or suggestion for improvement or to stop an ongoing process. “Sanctions which […]

Indonesia’s COVID-19 active cases still below the global average with 48,847 cases (24.4%), while the global average is at 25.47%, according to Spokesperson of COVID-19 Task Force Wiku Adisasmito. As of 6 September 2020, there were 310 out of 514 district/cities that have cases below 50 or 60.31%. “The number should be pushed even lower,” […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his support for the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) to perform financial audit of the COVID-19 handling so the crisis can be handled in a more transparent, accountable, and effective manner. “This measure is a form of the Government’s responsibility, including the Central Government, regional governments, and other state institutions; Bank […]

Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati has announced that the rainy season in Indonesia will start gradually at the end of October. It will start from the western part of Indonesia while most parts of Indonesia are predicted to experience the peak of the rainy season in January and February […]

The General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Arief Budiman announced several new provisions on the implementation of the regional head election campaign, to regulate and limit the number of campaigns with physical attendance and the number of participants. “We limit the general meeting to a maximum of 100 people attending and the general meeting can only […]

The organization of the 2020 Regional Head Elections is a political decision that has been discussed by the House of Representatives (DPR), the Government, the General Elections Commission (KPU), the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), the Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP), and also involves the health authority. During a press conference after a virtual Limited Meeting […]