President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (24/4) at the State Palace officially inaugurated Inspector General of Police (Ret.) Murad Ismail and Barnabas Nathaniel Orno as Governor and Deputy Governor of Maluku for the period of 2019-2024. On that occasion, Deputy to Minister of State Secretary for Apparatus Administration Cecep Sutiawan recited Presidential Decree Number 189/P […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stated that the Government aims to consolidate all research institutions to ensure clearer vision and direction for research activities in the future. “(The consolidation process) is underway,” President Jokowi told the journalists after opening Inacraft 2019 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (24/4).

Quality of Indonesian handicraft products are getting better as seen in Jakarta International Handicraft Trade Fair (Inacraft), according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The President said that the products displayed at the exhibition have fulfilled the Government’s expectation, which is an improvement of local products in terms of capacity, quality, competitiveness, design, and prestige, especially […]

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto emphasized that the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) are independent institutions, elected by the House of Representatives (DPR), and cannot be controlled by the Government. Wiranto explained it as a respond to rumors saying that the Government together with the KPU […]

In response to the naming of President Director of state-owned electricity company PT PLN Sofyan Basir as graft suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has given authority to the KPK to resolve any existing legal issues, particularly on corruption cases. The statement was made by the President after the inauguration […]

Indonesian Government targeted a 7,000-hectare mine reclamation in 2019 to restore former mining areas. “Mine reclamation activities have increased in the last 5 years. In 2018, the reclamation area covered a 6,950-hectare land or increased from 6,597-hectare land in 2014. The figure is expected to reach more than 7,000-hectare land in 2019,” Secretary-General of the […]

The main policy in drafting the State Budget aims to boost investment and exports, particularly through improving the quality of human resources and maintaining infrastructure development, according to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. For the record, the Government since last February has been drafting budget ceiling for the 2020 Draft State Budget (RAPBN) for […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed Ministries and Non-Ministerial Government Institutions to maintain price stability of basic commodities before Ramadan. “Although this is something we do every year, but I need to remind you to check and control availability and prices of basic commodities to avoid price surges,” President Jokowi said in his remarks during […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stated that every time he met with heads of state and foreign investors abroad, including when he visited Saudi Arabia, they expressed their great desires to invest in Indonesia. The President expressed his gratitude toward the current Indonesia’s rank in the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) which has skyrocketed from 120 […]

Social class discrimination gives rise to problems in Indonesian public services, such as the fact that the public are still charged with illegal levies to speed up services, according to Chairman of the Indonesian Ombudsman Amzulian Rifai. “We have been facing some serious problems since potential maladministration can be found in all ministries and institutions,” […]