Ex-Governor Alex Noerdin Implicated in $30m Graft Case

... million. Alex, now a House of Representatives member for the Golkar Party ... reap a disproportionate share of profit, while causing a ... also approved the establishment of a joint venture between ... . The former chief commissioner of the joint venture, identified ...

National Mandate Party Joins Gov’t Coalition

... in the 575-member House of Representatives. The coalition brings together ... 471 House seats or 81 percent of overall lawmakers, ... -- the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the Golkar ... at least 20 percent of House seats. No party has ...

Jokowi, Gov't Officials Wear Traditional Attires on Independence Day

... Day celebration. (Photo courtesy of Presidential Secretariat) Vice President ... Puan Maharani, the House of Representatives speaker and granddaughter of founding president Sukarno ... wrote on her Instagram. House of Representatives speaker Puan Maharani reads the ...

Jokowi Introduces Expansive 2022 Budget Bill, Promises Reform to Overcome Prolonged Pandemic, Uneven Global Recovery

... 8 percent of GDP, Jokowi told the House of Representatives, in a ... geopolitical instability, and development of alternative energy sources. Due ... budget allocation without the House's approval, taking ... Abdullah, the chairman of the House's budgetary body, said ...

Digital Stakeholders Gather to Discuss Cybersecurity

... Abrijani Pangerapan —the director general of informatics applications at the Communication ... to establish a comprehensive source of personal data protection regulations. ... currently under discussion at the House of Representatives. “Hopefully, the bill can ...

Online Marketplaces Crack Down on Merchants Profiteering From Covid-19 Spike

... government," Radityo Triatmojo, the head of public policy at Shopee Indonesia ... existing government regulations. On top of internal monitoring, both applications also ... Sahroni, the deputy chairman of the House of Representatives Commission III, which oversees ...

Gov't Proposes $5 per Ton Carbon Tax to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions

... a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission XI, which oversees ... climate change. The Ministry of Finance estimated Indonesia needed ... provisions for the imposition of carbon taxes," Sri Mulyani ... experts at the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate ...

Disqualified KPK Employees Drop Legal Motion at Constitutional Court

... stating that the transformation of KPK investigators into civil ... guidance for the process of transforming KPK employees into ... in anti-corruption investigations. Of the 75 employees, 51 ... The government and the House of Representatives agreed to amend the 2002 ...

Over 1,200 KPK Employees Installed as Civil Servants amid Opposition

... a national holiday. Hundreds of police officers and soldiers ... free from influence of any kind of power. The fight ... The government and the House of Representatives agreed to amend the 2002 ... top politicians and close cronies of past presidents. However, ...

Gov't to Increase Top Earner's Income Tax to 35%

... above $348,000 as part of a sweeping move to revamp ... Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the House of Representatives members on Monday that the ... tax rate for personal income of above Rp 5 billion ($348 ... group," Sri Mulyani told the House's Commission XI, which oversees ...