ASEAN – Indonesia’s proposal to establish new provinces in the poor eastern area of Papua has not been fully addressed with the local community and is thus unviable, according to the governor. In April, lawmakers declared that parliament will consider adding three provinces to the territory’s existing two. Protests by Papuans in many cities followed the declaration, which they saw …

The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said there is no prohibition for anyone to watch or screen the G30S/PKI (September 30th Movement of the Indonesian Communist Party) film. He welcomes anyone who wants to watch the movie made by Arifin C. Noer. The film titled ‘Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI’ or Betrayal of G30S/PKI was produced …

Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs ( Kemenpolhukam) Mahfud Md said that next month Indonesia is facing a “near-certain recession”. “Meanwhile, economic life continues to decline. Next month it is almost certain that there will be an economic recession in Indonesia 99.9%,” said Mahfud when giving a speech at the Yogyakarta artists and cultural gathering event at Warung …

Special Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Diaz Hendropriyono, said that there were exceptions for the children of ex-ISIS Indonesian citizens to return home. But not that easy, Diaz said there would be a strict selection and identification stage from the government which was reviewing any criteria that could repatriate the children of former ISIS citizens. “The …

The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD discusses the issue of money politics that often undermines the Republic of Indonesia’s constitutional system. Money politics practices still occur in the Regional Head Election (Pilkada). That was conveyed by Mahfud when he was a speaker at the Workshop of the Association of Indonesian Regional Representatives Council (ADKSI), …