by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 25, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Kahar Muzakir, a lawmaker from the Golkar Party, has today (Jan. 25) been installed as the new Head of the House of Representatives’ Budgetary Body (Banggar DPR) replacing Ahmadi Noor Supit. Ahmadi, meanwhile, has been removed as the new Head of...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 25, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will visit Timor Leste on Tuesday (Jan. 26) to meet President Taur Matan Ruak and Prime Minister Maria De Araujo in an effort to boost cooperation between the two countries. The Tuesday’s state visit will be the...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 22, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has today (Jan. 22) re-examined the Governor of Banten Rano Karno in his capacity as a witness in a bribery scandal related to the establishment of Bank Banten. This is the second examination session...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 22, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Setya Novanto, in his capacity as the Head of Golkar Party faction at the DPR, has just made rotation involving 23 Golkar lawmakers at the DPR, which trigger protest from some of those lawmakers. The...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 21, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Former Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Setya Novanto, also a lawmaker from Golkar Party, again didn’t attend the call from the Attorney General Office (AGO) for an examination session on Wednesday (Jan. 20) related to his scandalous...
by Haryanto Suharman | Jan 20, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The High Court (PT) of Jakarta has today (Jan. 20) dropped heavier jail sentence to the former Head of the Jakarta provincial administration’s department of transportation Udar Pristono from five years to nine years imprisonment. The Spokesperson...