Yesterday: From Border Area Housing Upgrades to Party Leader Tenure Terms
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Various political news stories were reported by the ANTARA News Agency. Here is a summary of the five most popular political news items from yesterday, worth revisiting as a source of information to start your morning.
- Housing upgrades in border areas embody developmental justice
The Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) and Head of the National Border Management Agency (BNPP) Tito Karnavian emphasised that the programme to improve the quality of substandard housing (RTLH) in 3T (disadvantaged, frontier, outermost) areas and border regions represents a tangible government effort to deliver developmental justice to communities in those areas.
“One of the tasks of the BNPP and the government is to bring justice to border communities,” said Tito during a press conference on the 15,000 Substandard Housing Quality Improvement Programme in Border Areas, at the BNPP Office, Jakarta, on Thursday.
- Golkar: The best individuals should be able to become presidential candidates even if not from political parties
General Secretary of the Golkar Party Muhammad Sarmuji stated that the best individuals should have the opportunity to become presidential candidates (capres) or vice-presidential candidates (cawapres) even if they are not cadres from political parties (parpol).
He said this in response to the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) proposal urging that capres, cawapres, and regional head candidates must come from party cadre programmes.
“The best people must be given space to become presidential and vice-presidential candidates,” said Sarmuji in Jakarta, on Thursday.
- Golkar: President’s policies lead Indonesia to energy resilience
Economic Policy Secretary of the Golkar Party’s DPP Abdul Rahman Farisi assessed that President Prabowo Subianto’s policies are leading Indonesia to achieve energy resilience.
“I see the appropriate and targeted use of presidential authority by appointing the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). This position is then strengthened by the formation of the Task Force for Accelerating Downstream Processing and Energy Resilience, established through a Presidential Decree in early January 2025,” said Abdul in Jakarta on Thursday.
- DPR member: KPK exceeds authority on party leader tenure
Member of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Muhammad Khozin believes the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has exceeded its authority after recommending the need for regulations to limit party general chairmanships to a maximum of two terms.
“This proposal is ahistorical, legally unfounded, and exceeds the KPK’s authority,” said the DPR commission member handling elections and political parties, in a statement in Jakarta, on Thursday.
- Deputy Chair of Commission XIII: Government should pay attention to island regions in North Sulawesi
Deputy Chair of Commission XIII of the DPR RI Dewi Asmara urged the central government to provide greater attention to the island regions in North Sulawesi Province (Sulut).
“This area is geographically dominated by islands and partly classified as 3T regions, as well as disaster-prone, thus requiring special attention from the centre, particularly regarding incentives and infrastructure,” said Dewi Asmara during a working visit in Manado, on Wednesday.