President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 6 September, 2019 signed Government Regulation (PP) Number 50 of 2019 on Implementation of Children Protection Coordination to implement the provisions of Article 73A paragraph (3) of Law Number 35 of 2014 on Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 on Children Protection. The Regulation states that the Implementation of […]
The Government is extremely concerned about policies carried out in Papua and call for holistic and humanistic approaches to resolve problems in the province. The statement was made by Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko when he along with Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo received representatives of Papua and West Papua’s Regional House of Representatives […]
Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo on Monday (23/9) has said that out of 328,724 hectares of land and forest fires in 2019, 99 percent are caused by humans. “80 percent of the scorched land eventually converted into plantations,” Doni said in his remarks at Coordination Meeting on the handling of […]
Indonesian central bank Bank Indonesia (BI) on Monday (23/9) held a thematic forum of Public Relations Coordinating Board (Bakohumas) adopting a theme “Recent Economic Development and Policy Design for Payment System in Indonesia”, at Best Western Hotel, Solo, Central Java.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has expressed hope that the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI) can postpone the passing of a number of bills, including the one on criminal code. “I call for postponement of a number of bills including coal and mineral mining (Minerba) bill, land bill, corrections bill, criminal […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 6 September 2019 signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 59 of 2019 on Controlling Agricultural Land Conversion in order to control the rapid conversion of agricultural land, especially paddy fields, to non-agricultural land as well as to protect national rice production and national food security.
The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has decided that it will postpone the approval of Bill on Criminal Code (RUU KUHP) during the Plenary Session scheduled on Tuesday (30/9). “There are still three plenary sessions until 30 September 2019,” Chairman of Commission III of the DPR overseeing legal affairs Mulfachri Harahap told reporters in Jakarta, […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo raised the issue of riots that broke out in Wamena, Papua, in a coordination meeting with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Commander of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), Chief of the Indonesian National Police (Polri), and Head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), at the Merdeka Palace, […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on all parties to respond to riots that broke out in Wamena, Papua with professional and appropriate measures. “Do not try to put down the riots with force which allowed security officers taking uncontrolled measures,” Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko told reporters after attending a closed-door meeting with President Jokowi, […]
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla representing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States (US), which will be opened on Tuesday (24/9). Jusuf Kalla and his entourage arrived at the New York Westin Hotel on Saturday (21/9) at 8:20 p.m. […]
