General election aims to elect leaders for the people to govern the country and represent the people in making decisions for the next five years, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto has said. “In my opinion, an election is not just an opportunity to choose leaders, but also to determine the nation’s […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on Indonesian citizens to cast their vote in the upcoming legislative and Presidential elections to be held on 17 April this year. “You should go to polling stations and cast your vote,” the President said in his remarks during the 2019 National Chinese New Year Celebration in Jakarta, Thursday (7/2).

In a bid to support the implementation of duty and authority of the National Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN), the Government deemed it necessary to revise Government Regulation Number 57 of 2001 on  National Consumer Protection Agency. Based on this consideration, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on 23 January 2019, signed Government Regulation Number 4 of 2019 […]

The Government continues to develop people’s economy, among others by establishing micro waqf banks. “We are going to establish (the waqf bank) in Islamic boarding schools with a good business community environment,” President Jokowi said in his remarks during a meeting with a number of Islamic clerics (kiai) and Islamic scholars (habib) from Greater Jakarta […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (7/2) had a cordial meeting with Ulemas (Islamic clerics) across Greater Jakarta at the State Palace, Jakarta. He stated that the meeting aims to strengthen ukhuwah (solidarity) between Ulemas and umaro (leaders) and to discuss various public issues. “God willing, inshaallah, the Ulemas always keep spreading good advice and […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called for services in the land sector to be provided through digital-based service systems immediately. According to him, he has ordered the implementation of digital-based service system in this sector since three years ago and has ordered Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning to implement the system this year.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) stated that Indonesia’s economic growth in 2018 reached 5.17%, the highest growth in the last four years, and 5.07% higher than that of 2017. “It shows a good trend, because economic growth in 2018 is higher than the last few years,” Head of the BPS Suhariyanto said in a press […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promises to raise remuneration of civil servants working for Ministry of Agrarian and Spatial Planning (ATR)/ National Land Agency (BPN) as a token of the Government’s appreciation, even though he has not received the proposal yet. The statement was made by the President to respond to the report of Minister of […]

Ministry of Communication and Informatics has identified 175 hoaxes circulated in the internet and social media in January 2019. The highest number of hoax content was found on 22 January 2019 with 11 content. Acting Head of Public Relations Bureau of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Ferdinandus Setu, in his press release on Tuesday […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (6/2) received members of the Indonesian Sugarcane Farmers Association (APTRI) at the State Palace, Jakarta. On that occasion, the sugarcane farmers asked the President to raise sugar purchase price from the farmers to Rp10,500 per kilogram from the current price at Rp9,700 per kilogram.