by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 12, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption court has Monday (Jan. 11) sentenced graft suspect and former Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali to six years in prison after proven guilty in committing graft in the scandalous haj management....
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 11, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Agung Laksono, the Chairman of Golkar Party as per result of the 2015 chairmanship congress (Munas) in Jakarta, reportedly will meet President Joko “Jokowi”Widodo at the State Palace this afternoon (Jan. 11). Melki Lakalena, one of executive...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 11, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Ade Komaruddin has been sworn in as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) replacing Setya Novanto amidst protest from especially Agung Laksono faction of Golkar Party during the plenary session today (Jan. 11). Ade was proposed as...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 11, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Graft suspect and former Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali is expected today (Jan. 11) to face his verdict trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court in the scandalous haj management. Suryadharma’s lawyer Humprey Djemat shared his hope...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 11, 2016 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The ruling party PDI-P seems fully confident that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will eventually dismiss Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Rini Mariani Soemarno and appointing her replacement should there’ll be another round of cabinet...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 11, 2016 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The House of Representatives (DPR) is scheduled this morning (Jan. 11) to hold its first plenary session in 2016. According to the deputy speaker of the DPR Agus Hermanto, the plenary session will be held at around 10:00 am of Jakarta time. the...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 8, 2016 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has been appointed as acting Chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) replacing Suryadharma Ali following Minister of Law & Human Rights’s decision to returning the Party’s leadership...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 8, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has Friday (Jan. 8) inaugurated Maj. Gen. (ret) Djoko Setiadi as the Chief of the National Encryption Body (Lemsaneg), which is became the second period for the two-star retired Army general. Present in Djoko...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 8, 2016 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Former President BJ Habibie, who is also one of senior figures within the Golkar Party, reportedly supported the plan to hold a new chairmanship congress (Munas) of Golkar to reunited the Party and to elect a new party chairman in the near future...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 8, 2016 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election will be one of crucial issues to be discussed in the three-day national leadership meeting (Rapimnas) of the ruling party PDI-P scheduled to be held at the Hall D of JI Expo Kemayoran in Central Jakarta...
