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Press Conference of the President of the Republic of Indonesia at the Inauguration of Cibitung-Cilincing and Serpong-Balaraja Section 1 Toll Roads at Gabus Toll Gate, Bekasi Regency, West Java Province, September 20, 2022

Date 20 September 2022

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 […]

Remarks of President of the Republic of Indonesia at the Inauguration of Cibitung-Cilincing and Serpong-Balaraja Section 1 Toll Roads at Gabus Toll Gate, Bekasi Regency, West Java Province, September 20, 2022

Date 20 September 2022

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 […]

Press Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, September 16, 2022

Date 16 September 2022

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 […]

Joint Press Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia and Minister of Defense, Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, September 15, 2022

Date 15 September 2022

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 […]

Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia at the Distribution of Fuel Cash Assistance, Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, September 15, 2022

Date 15 September 2022

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 […]

Press Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia on Social Assistance Distribution at Dobo Post Office, Aru Islands Regency, Maluku Province, September 15, 2022

Date 15 September 2022

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 […]

Remarks of President of the Republic of Indonesia during Disbursement of Social Assistance at Tual Post Office, and Motorbike Handover for 1503/Tual Military Command, Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, September 14, 2022

Date 14 September 2022

Today we are in Southeast Maluku regency to distribute fuel cash assistance. We have just distributed it to around 100 people, but there are around 4,000 [beneficiaries]. Throughout Indonesia, as we know, fuel cash subsidy to date has been disbursed to 5,999,567 beneficiaries in 431 regencies and municipalities. It has started. Though it has been […]

Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia During the Inauguration of Wear Fair Suspension Bridge in Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, September 14, 2022

Date 14 September 2022

The Wear Fair bridge is vital for the mobility of people and goods. With this facility, distribution of goods and services can speed up. So, we built not only big toll roads, big ports, or big airports, but also inter-village bridges, inter-island bridges like this. In a year we have built approximately 200 suspension bridges […]

Directives of President of the Republic of Indonesia for Regional Leaders, the State Palace, September 12, 2022

Date 12 September 2022

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May peace be upon us all, Om swastiastu, Namo Buddhaya, Greetings of virtue. Distinguished Vice Presidents, Cabinet Ministers, Governor of central bank Bank Indonesia, Governors, Regents, Mayors, and members of the Regional Leaders Forum (Forkopimda). I have reiterated that all countries are currently facing a tough situation, all countries […]

Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia in a Limited Meeting on Visa on Arrival, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, September 9, 2022

Date 9 September 2022

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good morning, May peace be upon us all. This morning, we will discuss the issue of visa, visa on arrival and KITAS (limited stay permit). Why we are talking about this? Because we’ve received many complaints about this and I hope this meeting will bring total reforms to our immigration. It […]

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