President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed his Cabinet to follow up on the acknowledgment of gross human rights violations. “This morning I asked all relevant ministers, especially from a human rights perspective, to follow up on what I announced last week (human rights violation),” said the President in a Plenary Cabinet Meeting, Monday (01/16), at […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (01/16) appealed to all ministers and heads of agencies to optimize the 2023 State Budget on productive programs, especially related to job creation and poverty alleviation. “The 2023 State Budget must be focused to resolve national priority [issues] including reducing stunting rate, eradicating extreme poverty, achieving food security, as well […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (01/16) hosted members of the National Commission on Human Rights for the 2022-2027 period at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. In his statement, Coordinating Minister for Political, Law, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD said that the Government appointed the National Commission on Human Rights as an independent state institution undertaking a constitutional […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (01/16) called on his administration to promptly respond to global changes. “Most importantly, we must respond quickly to any changes in the world. The policies that we implement quickly reflect the world’s dynamics,” President Jokowi said when chairing a plenary cabinet meeting. During the meeting, President Jokowi also discussed the […]

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno affirmed his commitment to create 4.4 million employments by 2024. “I promised to myself and my team that I will give my best to recover jobs lost during the pandemic,” the Minister said on the tenth episode of Podkabs, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (01/16) ordered his cabinet ministers to follow up on the recommendation from the Non-Judicial Resolution of Past Gross Human Rights Violations (PPHAM) team. “President Jokowi will issue a special Presidential Instruction to assign 17 ministries/non-ministerial state agencies and to coordinate with independent agencies outside the executive to resolve all the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and actors in the financial services sectors to continue maintaining the robust economic growth in 2022 despite challenges posed by the global economic condition. The President made the statement during a meeting with OJK Board of Commissioners and representatives of financial services association and […]

President Jokowi inspected the readiness of the 2023 ASEAN Summit venue at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, Friday (13/01). Arriving at 14:00 WIB (Western Indonesian Time), President, accompanied by several Ministers, immediately inspected the outside and inside areas of JCC. He reviewed a number of facilities and rooms for the ASEAN Leaders’ meeting. Foreign Minister […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo urged all sports branches to perform coaching from early childhood. The Head of State made the statement while inspecting the Energen Champion Student Athletics Championship Indonesia, at Stadion Madya Gelora Bung Karno (GBK), Jakarta, Friday (13/01) afternoon. On that occasion, President watched the final round of women’s 4×100-meter relay and men’s […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (01/13) inaugurated the Topping Off Ceremony of Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Indoor Multifunction Stadium (IMS) in Jakarta. According to the President, the GBK’s IMS was built since April 2021 with an area of 50,300 m2 and a budget of Rp630 billion. For the record, the GBK IMS with the capacity […]