President Joko Widodo asserted that gojek and other application-based services present to answer the people’s need. Therefore, he added, a regulation should not harm the interests of the people. “Who makes the regulation? It’s us. As long as the people need it, I think there is no problem,” the President told the journalists at Bogor […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that the success of national or regional development is very determined by the cooperation or synergy between central and regional Governments, between governor and Provincial House of Representatives (DPRD), as well as between the regent/mayor and Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) at regency and city levels. “The synergy could run […]

Representatives from several Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) met President Joko Widodo, at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday (17/12), to deliver important and urgent issues which the Government must pay attention to, so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be immediately carried out. Sugeng Subagio from Infid (International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development) explained that […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the sideline of his instruction to 180 Indonesian National Defense Forces Senior Officers delivered the needs to perform transformation and changing from consumption to production and from consumption to investment. We can not rely our economic growth on consumption. We must prepare the nation to become a production base. “It […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that every time he meets with heads of state, heads of government, presidents or prime ministers, issues related to capitalism, terrorism, and the Islamic State of Iraqi and Syria (ISIS) have always become major topics during the discussions. “At international forums such as G-20, ASEAN Summit, APEC, COP 21, and […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has called on the people who are going to celebrate Christmas and New Year, especially 2016 New Year, to celebrate them in a ‘simple and modest’ way. The President also emphasized the importance of giving a good example and preventing social jealousy during Christmas and New Year celebration. “The President has […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo clarified the views of several people who assumed the President already made a decision for Indonesia to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). “When I met President Barrack Obama, I said that Indonesia intends to join the TPP. Once again, it is “intend to join”, not “will join”, because the plan […]

In the Executive Meeting (Rapim) of the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) which was held at the Indonesian Nationa;Defence Forces headquarters (Mabes TNI), Cilangkap, Jakarta, on Wednesday (16/12), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded the nation of the needs to establish defence power. Therefore, the President added, Indonesia must meet the prerequisites of an integrated Primary […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said Indonesia is now on a new era where the communication pattern between the Government and people change. People want a transparent, open, interactive and dialogic information as well as a responsive Government. “People want the Government to be responsive and quick towards the complaints. Therefore, the Government at all levels, […]

In the near future, the Government will establish a new institution or body to manage grant fund from the Government of Norway in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) program or reduction of greenhouse gas emission.  “At the beginning of next year, we will introduce a new institution to manage the grant from […]