Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has asked new Cabinet Ministers to use the Existing State Budget (APBN) until the end of December. “There are only two months left this year, so we hope that all Ministries/Institutions, especially those who oversee new Government Ministries, to ensure the overall implementation of the 2019 State Budget,” Sri […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 14 October, 2019 signed Law Number 16 of 2019 on Amendment to Law Number 1 of 2014 on Marriage. The new Law was approved by the House of Representatives (DPR) on 16 September, 2019. The main amendment to Law Number 1 of 2014 is the Article 7. The Law Number […]

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto cited President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s explanation saying that the Draft on Omnibus Law as well as deregulation of several sectors should be drawn up immediately. “The Government is still drafting the law, because we must cover sectors that considered part of Omnibus Law,” Airlangga said to the reporters […]

Although Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms (PANRB) has opened civil servant recruitment in 2018 and 2019, the number of non-tenured teachers and contract-based government employees (PPPK) who passed the test are still below the allocation. “Non-tenured teachers have failed to fill the quota of civil servant candidates allocated (for the Ministry of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed all Indonesia Onward Cabinet Ministers to submit all regulations that hinder government performance, public services, investment, and business in one month. The directive was made by the President because Indonesia has serious overregulation problem in which numerous regulation of the Central Government, regional governments, and ministries are overlapping each other.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, accompanied by Vice President KH. Ma’ruf Amin, appointed new Cabinet members for the 2019-2024 period at the State Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (23/10). The following is a summary of the statements from the Cabinet Ministers after being inaugurated by President Jokowi.

The Indonesia Onward Cabinet must prioritize teamwork rather than the work of each ministry, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD has said. “The Coordinating Minister’s duty is to oversee the vision of the President so that it can be implemented by ministries/institutions that work under his command” Mahfud told reporters after […]

Newly-elected Indonesian Minister of Health Terawan Agusputranto has expressed optimism that the problem of stunting in Indonesian can be tackled immediately. However, Terawan asked the public to give him more time since he will assume the position from the previous Minister of Health of the Working Cabinet Nila F. Moeloek starting Thursday afternoon (24/10).

Sovereign wealth funds must be resolved immediately to lure more investment in the country, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. “I will meet with several prospective investors on 4 and 20 November,” Luhut told reporters after attending a plenary cabinet meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (24/10). According […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has announced that he does not set a target in the first 100 days of the Indonesian Onward Cabinet. According to the President, the Cabinet will continue the works of previous one.