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Omnibus law: Govt sets 3-month window for enforcing regulations

Government regulations (PP) and presidential regulations (Perpres) pertaining to the job creation law would come into ...

Hartarto: Omnibus law to help Indonesia escape middle-income trap

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has stated that the law on job creation would serve as ...

Re-evaluate job creation law: MPR deputy chief tells govt

Deputy chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Syarief Hasan, has urged the government to re-evaluate ...

Civil servants' neutrality defines regional elections quality: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin believes that the neutrality of civil servants becomes a factor determining the quality ...

Govt involved public in job creation bill deliberations: minister

Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, has said that the process of drafting the omnibus bill on job creation involved ...

Omnibus bill passed into law amid mounting criticism

The House of Representatives (DPR) and the Indonesian government on Monday passed a controversial omnibus bill into law ...

Only 16.3% regions holding Pilkada in COVID-19 red zone: survey

A survey by the Lingkaran Survei Indonesia (LSI) Denny JA has shown that only 16.3 percent or 44 regions that are ...

Legislator supports reduction in regional election campaign period

Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Chairman Azis Syamsuddin voiced his support to a sanction to reduce ...

Local elections to proceed as scheduled amid strict health protocols

The 2020 simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) will be held on December 9 to safeguard the people's ...

All commissioners of Bawaslu-Papua office test negative for COVID-19

Papua Office received negative test results for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid their hectic duties of ...

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Pilkada amid pandemic poses a dilemma

One by one, electoral officers who have been busy preparing for the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) ...

Shorten local election process to reduce COVID-19 risk: academician

The preparations and stages of the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) need to be curtailed in view of ...

Bawaslu: KPU-Papua office advised to conduct swab testing

The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in Papua has advised that all members of the province’s General ...

National Police deploy 192,168 personnel to secure regional elections

The National Police deployed 192,168 personnel to secure the 2020 simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada) scheduled ...

Jokowi supports BPK auditing state finance for COVID-19 handling

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is in favor of the audit to be conducted by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) in the ...