Reporter: Good afternoon, Sir. Bapak Jokowi, could you explain today’s activities? President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo): Southeast Sulawesi province has a gigantic potential in asphalt mining located in Buton Regeny. The problem is that we import around 5 million tons of asphalt per year instead. While there is no production here, we […]

Reporter Regarding the Supreme Court Judge’s case, will there be reforms in the Supreme Court? President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) We should wait until the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) legal process is completed. That was the first. Second, I acknowledge the urge to reform our legal system, and I have directed the […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh, Good morning, Peace and prosperity be upon us. Honorable Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir, Cabinet Secretary, Deputy Minister of SOEs Tiko, Honorable Governor of Banten and Regent of Tangerang, SOE President Directors, CEOs, Startup Co-Founders, Ladies and Gentlemen, Our world today is in a difficult position. All countries are facing difficulties. International […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. First of all, on behalf of myself and the people of Indonesia, I would like to extend our deepest condolences for the loss of life due to the floods and landslides in Pakistan. Furthermore, the floods and landslides in Pakistan also generated a wide impact on the people of Pakistan, starting […]

Reporter Sir, do you have any comment after inspecting the toll roads? President Joko Widodo What we are aiming for is competitiveness, the competitiveness of the goods from our products. Without good infrastructure, it is impossible to compete with other countries. I think this will greatly affect our competitiveness, because the industrial area and the […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, May peace be upon us all. Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, The Cibitung-Cilincing toll road that we will inaugurate is a part of Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2 (JORR 2). And we hope Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2 will be 100 percent completed at the end of 2023. The 27.2-kilometer-long […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Guests. After the Government has decided to reallocate fuel subsidy to provide better targeted subsidy on September 3, 2022, I ordered Minister of Finance, Minister of Social Affairs, Minister of Manpower to immediately disburse fuel cash assistance and wage subsidy. The assistance of fuel cash subsidy has been […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) This afternoon, I am in Southwest Maluku regency, which is one of outermost regencies in the eastern part. After learning the location of Southeast Maluku, Southwest Maluku, Aru Islands regency, the cities of Tual and Saumlaki, we notice the importance of state defense and security design at […]

We are in Maluku, Southwest Maluku regency, Maluku province. We have started the distribution of fuel cash assistance in this region. Once again, across Indonesia, 40 percent [of the beneficiaries] have received the assistance, while 60 percent [of the beneficiaries] have not received it. We will continue the distribution so that it can be immediately […]

Today we once again distributed direct cash assistance for fuel oil (BLT BBM) in Aru [Islands] regency, particularly in Dobo. The distribution was just finished. And I need to state that as of today, the Government has disbursed [BLT BBM] to 8,179,000 [people] in 461 regencies and cities. The number has increased from 431 to […]