G20 Success Collective Responsibility Of Member States: RI President

Redaksi    Monday, November 14, 2022    Comment   

G20 Success Collective Responsibility Of Member States: RI President

G20 Success Collective Responsibility Of Member States: RI President.

Badung, Bali - The success of the G20 Summit is the collective responsibility of G20 member states and the global community has high expectations from the grouping, according to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

"The success of G20 (Summit) is the collective responsibility of the entire G20 member states," Widodo said during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali.

The President affirmed that the global community has high expectations that the G20 will be a catalyst for global recovery.

He also expressed gratitude for Japan's continued support for Indonesia's G20 Presidency.

Regarding economic cooperation with Japan, the President pushed for the completion of the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA).

Widodo also lauded the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the Jakarta MRT expansion project earlier on Monday and the joint feasibility study for the third phase of the Jakarta MRT last October.

"I hope for Your Excellency's support to ensure the MRT project could complete on time," he said.

During their meeting, Widodo and Kishida also discussed regional cooperation, with the Indonesian President highlighting the importance of maintaining regional stability and peace as well as developing regional green industry.

Widodo pointed out that Indonesia's ASEAN chairmanship in 2023 will coincide with the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan relations.

"I encourage the concrete and synergic implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). Next year, Indonesia will also encourage the engagement of the Pacific countries with the ASEAN. Indonesia also invites Japan to bolster cooperation with Pacific countries," he said.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif, and director general of Asia-Pacific and Africa at the Foreign Ministry, Abdul Kadir Jailani, accompanied President Widodo to the bilateral meeting.

Oleh : Rangga Pandu AJ, Nabil Ihsan/Antara

Editor : Yakop

Widodo asks ASEAN to Remain Vigilant Against Wave Of Crisiss

Redaksi    Friday, November 11, 2022    Comment   

Widodo asks ASEAN to Remain Vigilant Against Wave Of Crisiss

Widodo asks ASEAN to Remain Vigilant Against Wave Of Crisiss.

Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to remain vigilant against the wave of crisis that is currently engulfing the world.

Despite the wave of crisis, ASEAN has still shown positive economic performance, he noted while addressing a meeting between ASEAN leaders and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Thursday.

"The total ASEAN gross domestic product (GDP) still exceeds US$3 trillion and ASEAN is the fifth biggest economy in the world. In this state of financial turmoil, of course, we all must be vigilant. The partnership between the business world and governments must be intensified. The private sector plays an essential role," Widodo said, according to a press statement released by the Presidential Secretariat's press bureau.

In the short term, efforts must be made to strengthen ASEAN’s economic resilience, the President said. This will require the implementation of countermeasures and adaptive macro-prudential government policies to stabilize the financial system and stimulate economic mobility.

"The private sector must also be forward-looking. This means that they must be careful to see the crisis, exercise caution, and act quickly to adapt. The speed and accuracy to adapt is the key to ASEAN economic resilience," he said.

The President also stressed the importance of improving ASEAN’s competitive edge through innovations in the long run.

"Make sure that we will be competitive in the future through innovations. Digital economy and green economy are ASEAN's future. The digital economy enables (us) to increase productivity and expand market access. Through the green economy, make sure that ASEAN continues to grow in a sustainable way," he said.

At the meeting, the Indonesian leader also underscored the importance of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for the ASEAN economy. More than 90 percent of business undertakings in the region are MSMEs, and 65 million MSMEs are in Indonesia alone.

"The advancement of MSMEs has a significant impact on the ASEAN economy. Thus, our synergy becomes highly crucial to be strengthened," he remarked.

Oleh : Indra Arief Pribadi. Suharto/Antara

Editor : Yakop

Widodo Arrives In Phnom Penh For ASEAN Summit

Redaksi    Thursday, November 10, 2022    Comment   

Widodo Arrives In Phnom Penh For ASEAN Summit

Widodo Arrives In Phnom Penh For ASEAN Summit.

Phnom Penh - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Wednesday night for the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit.

The presidential airplane, Indonesia-1, carrying the President and his entourage landed at Phnom Penh International Airport at 7.35 p.m. local time on Wednesday.

Upon their arrival at the airport, the President and the First Lady were greeted by Cambodian Minister of Post and Telecommunication, Vandeth Chea; Indonesian Ambassador to Cambodia, Sudirman Haseng, and his wife; and Indonesian defense attaché in Phnom Penh, Mochammad Rizal, and his wife.

From the airport, the President went straight to the hotel where he will stay while in Cambodia.

Upon arriving at the hotel, the President was greeted by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD; Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto; Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi; and home staff representative, Arif Gunawan, and his wife.

Earlier, Widodo had said that he will attend more than 20 meetings during the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit and other summits until November 13, 2022.

One of Indonesia's focuses during the ASEAN Summit will be its ASEAN chairmanship next year, he added.

During its ASEAN chairmanship in 2023, the country will raise the theme “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth.”

Oleh : Azis Kurmala, Suharto/Antara

Editor : Yakop

President Signs Regulation On Government Food Reserves

Redaksi    Thursday, October 27, 2022    Comment   

President Signs Regulation On Government Food Reserves

President Signs Regulation On Government Food Reserves.

Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 125 of 2022, which stipulates that government food reserves (CPP) must consist of 11 commodities.

Based on a copy of the regulation, which was obtained from the website of the Legal Documentation and Information Network (JDIH) of the State Secretariat, Jakarta, on Thursday, to maintain food availability throughout Indonesia, it is necessary to master and manage CPP, whose implementation has been assigned to state-owned enterprises (BUMN).

CPP in the form of certain staple foods will be determined based on the type and amount. Certain staple foods are defined as staple foods produced and consumed by the majority of the Indonesian people. If their availability and price are disturbed, they can affect economic stability and cause social unrest in the community.

"Certain staple foods that are designated as government food reserves (CPP) include rice, corn, soybeans, onions, chilies, poultry meat, poultry eggs, ruminant meat, consumption sugar, cooking oil, and fish," according to Article 3 of the presidential regulation, which was signed by President Widodo on October 24, 2022.

However, the President can determine other types of food as CPP as per Article 3 paragraph (4) of the regulation.

Even though it stipulates 11 commodities, Article 3 paragraph (6) of the presidential regulation states that the first stage of CPP implementation is for rice, corn, and soybeans.

In relation to the implementation of CPP, Article 5 states that the National Food Agency shall carry out CPP planning, including setting distribution targets and CPP procurement targets.

To carry out CPP, which will include procurement, management, and distribution, Article 12 states that the government may involve the State Logistics Agency (BULOG) and/or BUMN in the food sector.

"The government has assigned Perum Bulog to organize the first stage of CPP, which includes rice, corn, and soybeans," Article 12 paragraph (2) states.

As per Article 11, the government can distribute CPP to tackle food shortages, food price fluctuations, natural disasters, social disasters, and emergencies.

The CPP can also be distributed for stabilizing food prices, handling food problems, overcoming food crises, implementing food assistance, and as part of international cooperation, foreign food assistance, and other needs determined by the government. 

Pewarta : Azis Kurmala/Antara

Editor : Yakop

Global Trust In Indonesia Shows Improvement: Jokowi

Redaksi    Wednesday, October 19, 2022    Comment   

Global Trust In Indonesia Shows Improvement: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted the increase in global confidence in Indonesia after the achievement of national economic growth and controlled domestic inflation in the midst of a disrupted global economy.

The president also stated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lauded the economy in the country by calling Indonesia a bright spot in the midst of the gloom of the world economy.

"The Managing Director of IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, said that, not us. The appraisal would increase global trust in us," Jokowi remarked while opening the 37th Indonesia Trade Expo in Tangerang District, Banten, Wednesday.

The economic achievement intended by Jokowi is the realization of Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.44 percent year on year (yoy) in the second quarter of 2022. Indonesia was able to achieve that in the midst of a global recession.

"We are one of the countries to have clocked the highest economic growth among the G20 countries and other countries," the head of state remarked.

Jokowi also noted that the inflation rate was still under control in the second quarter at 4.9 percent and 4.6 percent in August 2022.

However, Jokowi acknowledged that the increase in the price of fuel oil (BBM) caused inflation in September 2022 to increase to 5.9 percent.

Despite the increase, Indonesia's inflation until September 2022 was still under control, he remarked.

"Please compare our inflation with that of other countries, our growth with the economic growth of other countries," he emphasized.

The head of state called on all parties to remain optimistic regarding the current economic conditions despite various international financial institutions having projected a decline in the 2022 and 2023 economies.

“International institutions say that this year is difficult and the next year will be dark. Our country must remain optimistic, but we must be vigilant and be careful because the storm is difficult to predict," he added. 

Oleh : Indra Arief P, Resinta S

Editor : Yakop

President Jokowi Asks for Cooking Oil Case to be Completely Investigate

Redaksi    Thursday, April 21, 2022    Comment   

President Jokowi Asks for Cooking Oil Case to be Completely Investigate

President Jokowi Asks for Cooking Oil Case to be Completely Investigate.

BorneoTribun Jakarta -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked law enforcement officials to thoroughly investigate the cooking oil mafia.

"Yesterday, the Attorney General's Office has named four suspects in the cooking oil affair and I ask that they be thoroughly investigated so that we can understand who is playing this game," said the President in a press statement, at Bangkal Baru Market, Sumenep Regency, East Java, Wednesday. 20/04/2022).

Even though the government has distributed BLT Cooking Oil, the President considers that currently cooking oil is still a problem in the community.

He also hopes that cooking oil prices can return to near normal prices.

“We want the price to be closer to normal. So the price is high, why? Prices outside, international prices are very high, so the tendency for producers to want to export is because the prices are high outside, he said.

The government itself has made various efforts to overcome this cooking oil problem, including through various policies such as setting the highest retail price (HET) for bulk cooking oil and subsidies to producers. However, the President sees that the policy has not been effective in recent weeks.

“In the market, I see that there is a lot of bulk oil that is not in accordance with the HET that we have set. It means, there is a game," he said.

Growing 17.82 Percent, Minister of Industry: Automotive Industry Able To Absorb Many Workers

Redaksi    Tuesday, February 15, 2022    Comment   

Growing 17.82 Percent, Minister of Industry: Automotive Industry Able To Absorb Many Workers

President Jokowi accompanied by Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita at the release of the first Fortuner export to Australia, in Karawang, West Java, Tuesday (15/02/2022). (Photo: BPMI Setpres/Muchlis Jr)

BorneoTribun Jakarta - In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit, the automotive industry was still able to show its stretching. This can be seen from the rate of industrial productivity which is maintained in meeting the needs of the domestic and export markets.

Minister of Industry (Menperin) Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that the growth of the automotive sector is one of the main supports for the growth of the manufacturing industry and the national economy as well as absorbing a lot of workers.

"The transportation/automotive equipment industry has grown tremendously in 2021, reaching double-digit growth of 17.82 percent. The absorption of labor is also quite high, directly or indirectly. Around 1.5 million workers along the industrial value chain," said Agus at the Inauguration of Toyota's Two Million Units of Export Production and the Release of Fortuner's Prime Exports to Australia by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Tuesday (15/02/2022). ), in Karawang Regency, West Java.

The Minister of Industry revealed that currently the national automotive industry is fronted by a number of 21 companies with a production capacity of 2.35 million units per year.

Agus said the achievement of national car exports to Australia proves that the Indonesian automotive industry is capable of producing products with strict specifications.

"Similar to (exports to) Japan, this proves when we can export our products to Australia which is known to have strict specifications, this is related to fuel specifications, emission specifications, and safety specifications," he said.

The Minister of Industry added that apart from Australia and Asia, Indonesia has also been able to penetrate the automotive export market in America and Africa.

"With a wide-spread value chain, the national automotive industry has a power linkage value of IDR 35 trillion and a backward linkage value of IDR 43 trillion in 2021. Toyota itself has a power linkage value of IDR 19.7 trillion and a backward linkage value of IDR 16.1 trillion. . So this is almost 40 percent of the cumulative total of the manufacturing industry developed by Toyota," he said.

Agus said that his party was determined to spur the industrial sector to increase investment, add value, and also expand exports, including opening up new export markets.

"(This) follows up on the directions and assignments of the President where you always convey the importance of increasing investment, the importance of increasing added value, and also expanding export markets, including opening up new export markets, including Australia," he said.

The Minister of Industry said that the export market share of Indonesian automotive products has now penetrated more than 80 countries.

"The export performance in 2021 is 294 thousand units of CBU (completely built up) vehicles with a value of IDR 52.9 trillion. As for CKD (completely knocked down) 91 thousand sets with a value of Rp1.31 trillion," he said.

The Minister of Industry also expressed his appreciation to PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia which will make Indonesia an export hub of all its products with high technology and standards.

"In addition, PT Toyota has also expressed a commitment to produce several types of electrified vehicles which will begin with the production of Kijang hybrids and we will certainly continue to support and encourage the acceleration of electrified products or pure electric vehicles," he said.

Closing his report, Agus said that the government paid great attention to the development of the automotive industry through various stimuli. One of them is through the provision of sales tax incentives on government-borne luxury goods (PPnBM DTP).

"On behalf of the automotive industry manufacturers, we would like to thank the President for all the support and direction in efforts to awaken automotive industry players in the midst of the pandemic, especially through the government-paid PPnBM incentive policy. This policy has proven to be able to support the growth and increase in vehicle production and is able to avoid layoffs in the automotive industry sector, especially in the IKM sector," he concluded. (FID/UN)