Jusuf Kalla’s Ambitions

The looming power struggle between president Yudhoyono and vice president Jusuf Kalla.

Previously touched on here in this comment the apparent rivalry between President Susilio Bambang Yudhoyono and his deputy is occupying the attention of Bill Guerin in an Asia Times piece.

Guerin writes of Kalla's dynamism in dealing with the aftermath of the recent Yogyakarta earthquake noting that the issuance of by Kalla of a vice -presidential decree appeared to …

Kalla & A Moroccan Waiter

A Moroccan waiter in Spain harangues vice-president Jusuf Kalla over his failure to observe the fast while travelling.

In something that would almost certainly never happen in Indonesia it appears Kalla and his group sat down in a cafe in Madrid, after having just flown from Chicago, via Frankfurt, and ordered coffee. The waiter who served them, one Hamad, asked Kalla if he was a Muslim. Kalla replied in the affirmative and the waiter …

Comment by Hassan: … our beloved mr. kalla doesn’t seem to mind what the …

Kalla on Investment

An interview with vice president Jusuf Kalla as he discusses the investment climate in Indonesia.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla is embarking on a business tour of the U.S., Spain and Saudi Arabia from September 22nd to October 4th. This interview was given one day before his departure.

What is the main purpose of this visit?

The trip to the U.S. will primarily focus on economic issues. And honestly, we don't have any …

Islam vs Liberal Democracy

Perseus on Francis Fukuyama and whether Islamism will derail Indonesia's new democracy.

In a recent article, writing in reaction to Russia's recent "clobbering" of Georgia, the noted American political theorist Francis Fukuyama, best known for his work The End of History , tells us smh that

US dominance is slipping.

and the

Russian and Chinese model of authoritarianism …

Comment by Andy: … Not too long ago Jusuf Kalla denied the existence of …

Dedi Mulyadi

The MUI attempts to chase the regent of Purwakarta out of town, for a musical analogy.

On 7th August the regent of Purwakarta district in West Java, Dedi Mulyadi, gave a speech in which he compared the Quran to a musical instrument, the flute. Dedi was also supposed to have said that he believes the Quran should be interpreted allegorically or metaphorically, not literally.

In response …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … that. Nr. 1 bigot Jusuf Kalla is another fine example. …

Indigenous Flag Raising

… members of the illegal Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM, Free Papua Organization)

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said the shooting was a purely criminal action, and not connected to the government. okezone

Meanwhile, a few days earlier, 40 United States congressmen sent a letter to president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asking for the "immediate and unconditional" release from prison of two members of the OPM, Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage, who in 2004 were convicted of raising the …

Energy Saving & Efficiency

… Kusmayanto Kadiman, and Transportation Minister Jusman Syafi'I Djamal.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla, who in late 2007 sheepishly admitted his private residence had 20 air-conditioners installed, all going at once, but promised to do something about it, did not attend it seems. detik

Adinda Bakrie & Seng-Hoo Ong

… attended by much of the Jakarta political and economic elite, including, among others:

Jusuf Kalla, vice president
Agung Laksono, parliament co-chairman
AM Fatwa, parliament co-chairman
Anwar Nasution, head of Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan
Agus Martowardoyo, Bank Mandiri director
Hatta Rajasa, State Secretary
Chairul Tanjung, businessman
Jero Wacik, Tourism minister
Surya Dharma Ali, Koperasi minister
Bachtiar Chamsyah, Social …

Comment by HeavenlySword: … we still have Kalla as our VP..

Mega 2009

… Wahid
Sutiyoso

Other figures who have been mentioned in the past:

Agung Laksono
Jusuf Kalla
Din Syamsuddin

Megawati's best chance of success is thought to lie in an alliance with Hidayat Nurwahid of the PKS (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera), with Maruarar Sirait of the PDIP suggesting the two would be an unbeatable team, with the PKS strong in the towns, the PDIP strong in the villages.
Hidayat Nur Wahid
However Mohamad Nabil of the Centre for Religion and Culture …

FPI Murder Incitement Video

Video of "firebrand" FPI/Front Pembela Islam preacher Ahmad Sobri Lubis advocating murder.

The speech about the Ahmadiyah sect given by Ahmad Sobri Lubis to a gathering of the Islam Defenders' Front/Front Pembela Islam (FPI) in which he makes several incitements to murder.

…

Comment by Big White Infidel: … groups like this, Jusuf Kalla’s interview in AKI …

VIP Escort

Major General Suwarno of the TNI, escort for VVIP Jusuf Kalla, has a lot on his mind.

Car Free Day

On 27th April one of Jakarta's "Car Free Days", - when major thoroughfares are closed to private vehicle traffic, - coincided with the celebration of Intellectual Property Rights Day, which was marked by a fun walk in which vice-president Jusuf Kalla took part.

To the dismay and outcry of many Kalla was seen to be whisked away by a …

Comment by jaka: … or Jl Agus Salim. Kalla wouldn’t mind to walk more a …

Diana Abbas Thalib

… Big Shots

Hidayat has already asked president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and vice-president Jusuf Kalla to be witnesses at the wedding, while Din Syamsuddin and Hasyim Muzadi will officiate. antara

Middle Income Developing Country

… and is one of the more appealing destinations for foreign investment.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla says that now Indonesian per capita income has reached $2,000 Indonesia can no longer be considered a developing, poor country, but rather a middle income developing country.

Since the 1997 economic crisis Kalla said per capita income had risen four-fold. antara

Meanwhile according to an AT Kearney study of the top 25 most attractive investment destinations in the world …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … but I support Kalla’s bravery in many of his …

Airline Blacklist

The EU airline blacklist and whether President Yudhoyono will visit the Netherlands.

A story from "De Volkskrant", 13th February 2008, a Dutch daily newspaper:

Indonesia cancels state visit

Amsterdam - Indonesian authorities have cancelled preparations of a state visit by president Yudhoyono to the Netherlands because the national airline Garuda is not allowed to land on Schiphol …

Comment by Lairedion: … I’m not a big Jusuf Kalla fan but I agree with his …

Media Self Censorship

President Yudhoyono asks the media to not report inappropriate news stories.

In a speech marking National Press Day on 9th February President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked journalists and media outlets to exercise self-censorship, given that the time of government control over the press is over.

He told about 500 journalists and media people present: waspada

I really …

Comment by Dragonwall: … like Bakrie, Jusuf Kalla, Habibie, Yusril, Wiranto …

Anggota Militer

… Djoko dengan proses demokratisasi mirip dengan pernyataan Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla yang menganggap demokrasi tidak cocok dengan nilai-nilai ketimuran.

Kalla mengatakan minggu lalu:

Tidak mengagetkan jika masyarakat memilih tokoh-tokoh yang dapat menjaga disiplin dan stabilitas. Kemungkinannya dengan mereka yang memiliki latar belakang TNI lebih kuat.

Anggota DPR RI Ichsan M Loulembah berpendapat jika pemerintah harus fokus melakukan tugasnya dan berhenti …

Military Men

… democratization process in the country echoes previous statements, including from Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who complained that full fledged democracy was not compatible with Asian values.

Kalla said last week:

It is not surprising to see people elect figures who can maintain discipline and stability. The chance for those with a military background could be bigger.

Ichsan M Loulembah, a member of the DPR, said the government should just get on with its job and not pay any …

Letter to the President

… cogent and strong strategy to win. It must be one that resonates from Aceh to Zbolo (don't ask me where it is).

I wish you success.

Comment by Dragonwall: … Bakrie. But as to Jusuf Kalla and Yusril they are no …

Aburizal Bakrie

… of $1.2 billion, and Sukanto Tanoto led the rankings.

Aburizal Bakrie.

Vice-president Jusuf Kalla ranks 30th while Bambang Trihatmodjo is at 33rd.

In general Indonesia's richest men have seen huge gains in wealth on last year, with their combined net worth rising to $938 billion, up from $575 billion in 2006, which Forbes says is due to strong equity values and healthy real estate markets, as well as the weak dollar.

Comment by agam: … Koordinator, Jusuf Kalla as Vice President, Sutrisno …

Minority Groups

Indonesia is founded on discrimination against minorities, says Dragonwall.

Bribery, Corruption and Discrimination

New Order

After the ending days of President Soekarno, General Soeharto then took command as President and Supreme Commander of the Indonesian Armed Force (TNI) and began his rule of Indonesia from 1966-1998.

To commoners in Indonesia, at that time, when …

Comment by Dragonwall: … I am all for it. Jusuf Kalla also recently said about …

Fuel Subsidies

… subsidies remaining only on solar fuel and cooking oil. kompas

Meanwhile vice president Jusuf Kalla said on the same day that the reduction of premium subsidies, coming into effect in 2008 and approved by the president, would not harm the poor. kompas

President SBY has instructed that it must not hurt the little people. It won't!

and

If you drive a Mercedes or a Volvo, you can pay, there's no need for a subsidy.

Those who rode on motorbikes and drove public …

Euro vs Dollar

Indonesia should sell oil in Euros.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who often says things without any follow-up whatsoever, said Iran's proposal that oil sales be done in euros or some other currency, instead of the declining US dollar, was a good idea but things would have to be studied first.

Speaking at an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) summit in Riyadh, Kalla made the remark after having met Iranian President Ahmadinejad …

Comment by Sputjam: Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who often says things …

Presidential Ethnicity

… enthusiast, Asian values man, and never-ending source of material for IM, vice-president Jusuf Kalla, said on 2nd November that the president need not be a Javanese person, as has been the case ever since independence.

Jusuf Kalla.

The commonly held notion that the president must be Javanese, because Javanese are the biggest ethnic group in the country, was discriminative and lacking in clear thought, he said to a gathering discussing "Tiga Tahun SBY-JK".

People these …

Comment by Pena Budaya: Kalla preferred to forgive Soeharto’s …

Pribumi Business

Kalla on "native" entrepreneurs as against Chinese.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said to a meeting of ethnic Bugis businessmen in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on 27th October that the numbers of "native" Indonesian (pribumi) businessmen had to rise but that in order to bring this about the government would not actively discriminate against ethnic Chinese businessmen, who are traditionally …

Comment by falcon: … Vice President J. Kalla to air this issue and instead …

North Sulawesi

Muslims and Christians get along just fine in North Sulawesi.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said in Manado on 17th October that the province of North Sulawesi was a model of religious harmony. Even though neighbouring Central Sulawesi had been torn by sectarian conflict in recent years North Sulawesi offered a model for the nation.

People in other areas need to learn from North Sulawesi, because there is a very high level of inter-faith tolerance here.

Jusuf …

New Order Loyalists

… Idul Fitri, consisting of both past and present leading figures in politics and society:

Jusuf Kalla, Vice President
General Djoko Santoso, Army Chief of Staff
Muladi, National Resilience Institute Governor
Mooryati Sudibyo, Regional Representatives Council Deputy Speaker
Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, former president
Meutia Hatta Swasono, Minister for Women's Empowerment
Fahmi Idris, Industry Minister
Tjahyo Kumolo, leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of …

Trans Java Highway

… in the east is hoped to be completed by 2009, says Gembong Priyono, a staffer for vice-president Jusuf Kalla, starting at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta and ending at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, taking the northern coastal route via Cirebon and Semarang.

Existing toll roads linking towns such as Cikampek to Purwakarta to Padalarang, among others, will be employed, with a further 643 km's of highway still needing to be built, total 1100 km's.

For 2007 600 billion rupiah has …

Batam Radio

The Batam airwaves are often a mix of foreign and religious content.

What is broadcast on the radio stations of Batam island ( map ) has frequently been raised in the media of late, with specific concerns related to foreign use of Batam airwaves.

Falun Gong

In May of 2007 Chinese embassy officials complained that the station Radio Era Baru 106.5 FM (Xi wang zhi sheng, New Era …

Comment by Enigmatic: … on the defence. Jusuf Kalla might be right. Right …

Batik Fashion

Light, airy batik fashion is best.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla complained on 1st September at the Pekalongan International Batik Week in Central Java that Indonesians were irrational, that living in a hot, tropical country they choose to wear jackets for formal occasions when light, airy batik clothing was much more suitable.

Modern style batik shirt from
Novica.

For official government events batik was already often used while …

Comment by Falcon: … President Yusuf Kalla comment always provided a breath …

Religious Laws

… will prevent the splitting up of the country into enclaves. suarapembaruan

Vice-president Jusuf Kalla yet again voiced his contempt for religious laws at a meeting of the East Java Nahdlatul Ulama on 30th August, claiming that regents and mayors who enacted laws that required sharia observance were insulting God.

Jusuf Kalla.

Local Islamic laws reduce Islam and sharia to a lower level, insult God, and offend clerics

Kalla said people should abide by sharia because …

Comment by Janma: Kalla said people should abide by …

Traditional Markets

… and offering them at reasonable prices.

Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Mrs Mufidah Kalla as well as cabinet ministers, DPD members and other invitees at the DPD plenary session all wore traditional batik clothing, as part of the message. antara

Labor Unions

Indonesian labor unions are too militant.

Jusuf Kalla, whose job as vice president seems to consist in him going about the country opening conferences, is rarely lost for words on any subject, and in contrast to the platitudes of president Yudhoyono, nearly always manages to say something interesting. He did so again on 9th August after meeting leaders of the Confederation of the SPSI (Serikat Pekerja Seluruh Indonesia, All Indonesian …

Comment by Sagiputra: … not like Kalla (our present vice president) who …

Learning Islam

Indonesian Muslims still have some way to go in learning Islam.

The minister of religion, Maftuh Basyuni said on 4th August that Islam did not teach violence or radicalism, and radicalism could not be allowed to flourish Indonesia because most people were opposed to it and it had no basis in the Quran. He advised people to not only read the Quran a lot but to learn it and understand …

Comment by Aluang Anak Bayang: … my last post ‘Jusuf Kalla will be keeping an eye out …

Foreign Consultants

No more foreign consultants should be hired by government agencies.

Vice-president Jusuf Kalla advised all government ministries and agencies to no longer employ foreign experts and consultants, in order that Indonesia learn to develop and move forward under its own steam.

Jusuf Kalla.

Speaking at the opening of the 2007 National Technology Meeting in Serpong, Banten, he said:

If we keep asking for foreign help then let's just abolish the ministry of Research and …

Comment by Dragonwall: But his majesty Jusuf Kalla Wow some secret …

Holy Obligations

… money in the left hand, it seemed to many. antara

Meanwhile on 28th July vice-president Jusuf Kalla addressed a group of university students in Banda Aceh and was asked by one student whether the government was still committed to the application of sharia law in the province. Kalla responded by asking the student which part of Islamic law he/she was currently prevented from living by or adhering to.

Jusuf Kalla.

He went on to say that Indonesian Muslims were free to apply …

Comment by Ihaknt: … just drown. If Jusuf Kalla really said those things …

Economic Prospects

… former leader of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew today discussed the Indonesian economy with vice president Jusuf Kalla. Yew said that economic prospects in the country were good, looking at the next few years, and he agreed with the government's forecasts of 7% growth in 2007 and 9% by 2008.

I'm optimistic Indonesia can reach those targets, because economic fundamentals are good, unemployment is declining, and labour laws are improving.

Provided that investment rules and laws were clear …

Democracy & Asian Values

Western-style democracy is not suitable for Indonesia.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has reiterated his wariness toward the application of Western-style democracy in Indonesia.

Jusuf Kalla.

Speaking to a visiting delegation from the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) on June 18th, Kalla said a Western type democracy in Indonesia would create injustice and inequality.

Western-style democracy, such as that in Europe or the United States, …

Comment by FiliaS: … for now Kalla

Rough Justice

Beating and shaming young lovers.

In a village in Cianjur, West Java, on 13th May two young lovers, Midah (18) and Asep (23) were discovered in a rice field, up to no good it seems. Villagers had known about the relationship of the two for some time and had gathered together on the night of the 13th and gone looking for them.

After they were found Midah and Asep were each given a …

Comment by Ihaknt: … better. I am sure Jusuf Kalla will agree.

Toilet Sex

A sharia policeman in Aceh is caught in toilet sex with a teenage girl.

Several cases of sex crimes by officials recently in Aceh:

First on 12th April 2007 Puji Wijayanto, a senior judge at the State Court in Sabang, Aceh, was arrested in a hotel room along with a woman he is not married to by the sharia police, Wilayatul Hisbah (WH). His case will likely be taken to the Sharia Court …

Comment by Ihaknt: … I mean, it was Jusuf Kalla who “legalised” sex …

IPDN

… rector Nyoman Sumaryadi will be summoned to meet the president today.

As usual Vice President Jusuf Kalla was not to be left out of the action and he made an unexpected visit to the campus on the 7th and urged the IPDN to become more open and not a law unto itself, and stop the current military style training since students would later graduate to become sub-district government heads, which was not a military post at all. antara

Some claim that not only is IPDN plagued by violence …

Zainuddin MZ

Zainuddin MZ, the "cleric of a million followers".

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said on the 2nd in Jakarta that Muslim leader Zainuddin had once again become a preacher for all Muslims in Indonesia.

Kalla said that in the past he had often listened to Zainuddin's sermons but after Zainuddin entered politics and formed the Reform Star Party, Partai Bintang Reformasi (PBR), he didn't listen to the sermons anymore, because Zainuddin had become a preacher for just …

Comment by Anonymous: Well, at least Kalla is acknowledging that there are …

Mosques

The builders of mosques are urged to get permission.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said on the 16th in Jakarta to a gathering of the National Mosques' Council that mosques need to have the permission of the local authorities.

Kalla said that in village and rural areas most mosques did not have their paperwork properly in order while in the cities most did. He said it was unfair to expect the houses of worship of other religions to have permission while mosques …

Comment by guebukanmonyet: … Vice President Jusuf Kalla. It’s about time that …

The Vespa Lifestyle

Female students at the University of Indonesia no longer ride around on Vespa scooters half naked.

The "Vespa Girls" at the UI of the roaring 70's, who apparently once cruised about on Italian motor scooters between classes, sometimes wearing no underwear under their mini-skirts, are no longer with us. These exponents of the Vespa Lifestyle at the nation's pre-eminent seat of learning have …

Comment by Niamh Piperman: … even condoned by Jusuf Kalla). So Dimp, are you sure …

One Child Policy

Couples on Java should have only one child, says the vice president.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said to representatives of the national family planning agency (BKKBN) on the 6th that families on the island of Java have to be restricted to only one child. Java was small and overcrowded, and, he is reported to have said, once the Jakarta floods had receded those who wanted children should have only one.

Java represents 6.7% of the country's total land area, while accounting …

Comment by Robert: Outside of Java Kalla said that there was still much …

Anti-Chinese Violence

Anti-Chinese feeling in Indonesia, 1996-1999.

Jemma Purdey, in Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia, 1996-1999 , suggests that the anti-Chinese violence which periodically occurred prior to May 1998 had its origins in the policy of the Suharto government of marginalising the ethnic Chinese population, restricting them to certain, mainly business, roles, and portraying them as uncaring and …

Comment by Dragonwall: … bakries, Panigoro, Jusuf Kalla, and all those stupid …

Visa on Arrival, Fiscal Tax

… the attention of tax auditors.

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February 16th 2007.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla announced that shortly tourist visas will have a duration of four months, in order to attract more foreign tourists. Visitors have complained that 30 days is far too short a time to take in the vast archipelago. antara

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … Vice President Jusuf Kalla announced that shortly …

Al Zaytun

… Indramayu, West Java, and led by one Syekh Panji Gumilang was visited by vice-president Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Minister of Religion Maftuh Basyuni, and Deputy Governor of West Java, Nu'man A. Hakim, on the 20th to celebrate Islamic New Year. It is home to over 10,000 students, including some from Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, and Brunei.

After Kalla & co's visit journalists questioned Syekh Panji Gumilang over accusations that he was the 9th Area Commander of the Negara Islam …

Syariah Banking

Jusuf Kalla says a syariah based banking system will better create prosperity.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla, while opening the 2007 Syariah Fair & Bazaar at the Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) on the 14th in Medan, North Sumatra, said that a banking system based on Islamic syariah law was ideal in order to bring about welfare and prosperity for the people.

The syariah system is …

Indonesians & Arabs

Indonesians are better than Arabs, says Jusuf Kalla.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla, who is rarely short of words on any subject, says Indonesians have a lot to be proud about when comparing themselves to Arabs, should they want to do this. For example, in Indonesia there were many religions, cultures, skin shades, etc, but everyone was united. The Arabs had the same religion, same culture, same skin colour, but they were always at …

Comment by JKS: I bet Yusuf Kalla is doing the best for our …

Wayang

Wayang should be promoted as an alternative to violent television shows such as SmackDown, says Jusuf Kalla.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said on the 1st of December at the opening of the first Asean Wayang Festival that the ancient puppet theatre of wayang was a much more suitable form of entertainment for the nation's young people compared to SmackDown. Kalla hoped that a national form of wayang could be developed out of the many different regional variations of the art, which are …

Comment by Ihaknt: … all sorted! Jusuf Kalla can be the …

Government Downfall

… working hard to bring down the government of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and vice president Jusuf Kalla (SBY-JK).

Tewu said the team of SBY-JK had the right to lead the country until 2009 and he felt it incumbent upon himself to warn the country about the efforts to cause the downfall of the legitimate government.

Denny Tewu

Although he would not name names or give any specific details he said that the devious plotters were products of the local political system, but he …

Bleak Economic Future

The US ambassador to Indonesia says the country's economic prospects are bleak unless big changes are made.

United States ambassador to Indonesia B. Lynn Pascoe is reported by the Jakarta Post to have said that so long as Indonesia is unable to fix its underlying problems, in particular the corruption of the bureaucracy and the legal system, the nation will continue to struggle to find …

Comment by Munafikbangetloepade: … actions against: Jusuf Kalla, Aburizal Bakrie, Abu Bakar …

Partai Kebangkitan Nasional Ulama

… for party status by January of 2007. antara

Meanwhile in Jakarta vice president Jusuf Kalla re-iterated his earlier call for a "rationalisation" of parties, i.e. a reduction in their number. mediaindo Not yet, it appears.

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February 16th 2007.

The formal declaration of the Partai Kebangkitan Nasional Ulama (PKNU), which had been scheduled for 18th February, has been put back to March 2007. Deputy Secretary General of the party, Abdullah Mufied …

Laskar Merah Putih For Bush

George Bush has some support in Indonesia after all, the Laskar Merah Putih.

A group of about fifty Laskar Merah Putih, Red & White Militia, members demonstrated in Bogor in favour of president Bush's visit to Indonesia. They held banners saying "Welcome Mr Bush" and waved American flags. They brought Indonesian flags as well, but did not wave them about, Antara tells us, in a …

Comment by Molisan Tono: … mr. not hotel - jusuf kalla. Indonesia, definitely …

Tommy Suharto

… time of his release had only served a third of his original sentence. Yahoo

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said that the matter of Tomi's release was none of the government's concern.

If someone has served their time then he is automatically freed. The government does not make distinctions between people.
(Jika seseorang sudah selesai masa hukumannya, otomatis dia bebas bersyarat. Pemerintah dan hukum tidak membeda-bedakan orang.) Tempo

Tommy's wife, Sandy Harun, is said to be …

Causes of Poso Strife

… in December 2001, a peace agreement brokered by the current vice-president of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, are not the result of sectarian or inter-communal hatreds between the common people of both faith groups, but rather are a conflict between terrorists and the people.

George Junus Aditjondro.

He says that although the current targets of attack are members of the Christian community Christians do not view their Muslim neighbours, on the whole, as the source of the problem. …

Comment by mat saleh: … SHAME ON YOU, JUSUF KALLA, MILITARY ROGUE ELEMENTS …

Rev. Irianto Kongkoli

… and he was one of the signatories to the December 2001 Malino peace agreement brokered by Jusuf Kalla. Later he helped form the Forum Peduli Kemanusiaan Poso, the Poso Humanity Forum, with various key Islamic figures, as a further effort at creating stability in the region. ( Liputan6 )

Typically for an event such as this senior police and community figures have claimed that his killing was an attempt by "old players" in the province to again stir up sectarian trouble. No arrests …

No More Golkar Funny Business

"Golkar not to repeat funny convention" says Antara.

Jusuf Kalla, vice president of Indonesia and current Golkar chairman, is reported by Antara to have said that Golkar will continue to select its presidential candidate through a convention but will hold it in a more democratic way and without the "funny things" that had marked the past convention in 2004.

Jusuf Kalla - possibly smiling.

Last time, says Kalla, the conference had …

Not a Hotel

Vice president Jusuf Kalla advises businessmen of Chinese descent to regard Indonesia as their home, and not as a hotel.

Speaking to a group of Chinese, Tionghoa, businessmen at the Gedung Metro TV in Jakarta on the 11th Kalla asked them to not consider Indonesia a hotel, and that when times got tough not to flee, with their money in tow, to greener, safer pastures such as Singapore and Hong …

Comment by Dragonwall: According to Kalla Indonesia had already passed the …

Discrimination Against Chinese

Lee Kuan Yew says there is systematic discrimination against Indonesians of Chinese descent.

The former president of Singapore, as part of a one-hour address at the Raffles Forum , held in conjunction with the IMF-World Bank Meeting in Singapore, reportedly said that the ethnic Chinese minority population in Indonesia, and Malaysia:

Our neighbors both have problems with their …

Comment by Dragonwall: … give the order not Jusuf Kalla, step in to undermine …

Chinese Transhipments

… the 27th of September Trade minister Mari Elka Pangestu, overseen by vice president Jusuf Kalla, signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States' government to increase cooperation in combating transhipments of foreign textiles from Indonesia.

According to US Department of Trade figures the total value of trade between the two countries was in 2005 $15.06 billion, up from $12.48 billion in 2004 and $12,04 billion in 2003. Of the $15.06 billion number $12.02 …

Last Insults for Tibo et al.

… and his two colleagues is seen simply as an attempt by the regime of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla to cover up the real persons and institutions who should be held accountable for the ongoing unrest in Central Sulawesi, where violence from Poso spread to Morowali and even to the provincial capital, Palu. So, while Tibo and his colleagues were sitting in Palu prison for more than five years, violence had been continuing in the province, escalating in scale and method.

History …

Quota for Women

Jusuf Kalla says that it remains difficult for women to fulfil the 30% quota suggested for them in the parliament.

Kalla, the chairman of the Golkar party and the current vice-president of Indonesia, said that not enough women were able or willing to take up a role in politics, while speaking on the 19th at a meeting discussing the role of women in the Golkar party, accompanied by …

No Oil Painting

… Thunell made these remarks in a two-day visit to Jakarta in which he met with vice-president Jusuf Kalla.

Meanwhile Industry minister Fahmi Idris said that the "Rancangan Undang-Undang Investasi", the proposed new investment law, would be completed by November of this year. The speeding up of processing the bill was being done, he said, a part of the committment to redressing some of the negative perceptions mentioned above.

Fahrur Rahman

… is accused of having insulted both President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla in a speech he made during a protest organized by the Alliance of People's Movements and the Try Soeharto Movement. The protest took place on the campus of National University in West Jakarta. Rahman referred to the president as "cat sh*t".

Prosecutor Agung Ardyanto asked the West Jakarta District Court on the 11th to sentence Rohman to six years in prison, the maximum allowed …

Yudhoyono For Nobel Peace Prize

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is favourite to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according to Australian bookmakers.

For his perceived role in creating peace in Aceh Yudhoyono has been posted a 3-1 favourite by Australian gambling firm Centrebet, according to Reuters .

The second favourite is Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari and his Crisis Management Initiative at …

Comment by Peace: I would bet for Jusuf Kalla instead!! hahahah…pervert …

Electoral Threshold

… yang milih. Partai yang punya wakil di DPR harus dihargai.)

Meanwhile, earlier, vice president Jusuf Kalla, said detik that by 2009 only six parties would have earned the right to continue competing in elections, according to the threshold rules.

Kalla said that if there are "too many" parties then people would become confused. In 1999, he said, 48 parties competed in the polls. By 2004 this number declined to only 24, and he hoped that the downsizing trend would continue.

He …

Sukanto Tanoto

… & family
Husein Sutjiadi
Boenjamin Setiawan & family
Tomy Winata
Jusuf Kalla
Soedarpo Sastrosatomo & family
Alim Markus & family
Jakob Oetama
Tjandra Kusuma

See the 2007 list.

Comment by James Wijaya: … his own ass…. Jusuf Kalla, and the rest of 39 richest …

British Investment

… 25th 2007.

Director of Jardine Group Lord Powell of Bayswater met with Vice President Jusuf Kalla on the 16th and complained about the over abundance of regulations that investors need to deal with and the frequent changes in investment policy.

Also present at the meeting was Leonard Rous, Press Attaché of the British Embassy in Indonesia, who delivered a special message from British Prime Minister Tony Blair to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Rous said:

I am not …

Tibo Execution

… the execution would harm the good name of Indonesia and reflect badly on the justice system.

Jusuf Kalla, the vice president, said that the execution was no business of the government, it was a product of the legal system.

However Attorney General's Office spokesman I Wayan Pasek Suartha said that nothing could stop the execution except technical difficulties. He said the three sentenced to death by the Palu District Court in 2001 had already used up all the legal means at their …

Comment by atmars: … vice president jusuf kalla, because he support the …

Contractual Romance in Puncak

… in the resort town of Puncak, near Jakarta, may no longer be welcome.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla famously said that Puncak, in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java, should be promoted as a destination for Arab men seeking the company of young women willing, for a fee, to marry the men, and then divorce, in a certain Islamic fashion, once the men were ready to return home:

The marketing [of tourism to Indonesia] needs a better campaign based on the visitor's appetite and segment. If …

Comment by Miss Indo 07: Kalla, a man small of stature but big …

NU Conference

… other goings-on at their national conference in Surabaya.

Opened by the vice-president Jusuf Kalla, who opens lots of similar events, the conference saw discussion of a wide range of topics, from the purely religious to the political and economic.

Secular

NU lawmaking body chief Sahal Mahfudz said the organization needed to reaffirm its commitment to the country's secular traditions amid concerted moves to introduce sharia as a legal foundation for drafting …

Foreign Domination

… about it.

The leaders of the country, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and vice president Jusuf Kalla, had failed to show their courage to end such foreign domination.

He then made note of the examples of Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, and Hugo Chaves of Venezuela, and suggested their records of rejecting foreign domination of their countries should be emulated by Indonesia - failing this the nation would remain in a parlous state and would fall further behind similarly …

Java Tsunami & Earthquakes

… look at this story from Detik. Twenty three officials in the department of the vice president, Jusuf Kalla, today each received a Toyota Kijang Innova car, for use in their daily activities, valued at 123 million rupiah, or about $13,000. It is hoped that the giving of the cars will encourage the officials to do their jobs more "professionally", the report says. It's alright for some.

Islamic Boarding Schools

… surroundings. kompas

20th April 2007. Said Agil Siradj of NU told vice president Jusuf Kalla on the 17th that NU schools were free of radicalism and terrorists.

I guarantee there is not a single NU boarding school student who is involved in terrorism.

He said there were about 11,000 NU boarding schools in the country and added that not one student attending them even had any sympathy for terrorists. The NU had always had a nationalist basis, he said, and never …

Israel & Lebanon

… Indonesia's position to the international community.

Never one to be left out, vice president Jusuf Kalla also chimed in with his two cents on the thorny middle eastern issue. Indonesia, which has no formal relations with Israel, could be a mediator between the disputing parties, he said. This offer was conveyed to the public by Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) deputy chairman Din Syamsuddin who claimed that Kalla had said something along those lines in a meeting with MUI leaders. Din …

SBY Will Be Judged

… It is not only they who sin, but also SBY [president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and [vice president] Jusuf Kalla will be held responsible on Judgement Day.
(Cara mengamalkan Islam itu harus diorganisir oleh negara. Itu contohnya Rasulullah yang diikuti oleh para sahabatnya. Jadi, misalnya orang Islam banyak yang melanggar salat karena nggak ada undang-undangnya, bukan dia saja yang dosa, tapi SBY dan Jusuf Kalla juga ikut nanggung dosanya di Hari Kiamat.)

Abu Bakar Ba'asyir said this to a …

Comment by Ram: … B Yudhoyono Mr. Jusuf Kalla I wish to correspond with …

Bali Bombings

… from predictable sources. A delegation of European Union ambassadors met with Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Tuesday to ask that Indonesia abolish the death penalty.

The delegation said capital punishment was a violation of the basic right to life, according to Justice and Human Rights Minister Hamid Awaluddin. Hamid said the EU delegates expressed concerns over the death penalty and requested the Indonesian government amend its laws to abolish capital punishment.

Hamid said …

Sharia Issue Settled

Parliamentarians have agreed to drop the sharia issue while vice president Jusuf Kalla continues to offer his thoughts on the matter.

As mentioned here before 56 members of parliament recently filed a complaint about the prevalence of Islamic type laws in the cities and provinces of Indonesia, demanding that they be repealed. Later, in response to this, 134 other DPR members, from the Golkar Party, Democrat Party, Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS), National …

Reactions to Anti-Sharia Push

… about them, he said, so why should outsiders try to have the laws changed?

Vice president Jusuf Kalla advises people not to be afraid of Islamic laws. He has spent his whole life living in accordance to Islamic law, he said, there is no need to worry about it. But if there are those who think the laws violate the constitution then he recommends taking the matter to the High Court.

Religion Minister is also in the "no worries" camp. So long as such laws are in accordance with …

Comment by Magy: … in this context, Jusuf Kallas answer is alarming. In …

Radical Groups

… kita negara hukum semua harus dilakukan sesuai dengan prosedur hukum yang ada.)

Vice-president Jusuf Kalla assuaged detik the (paranoid) fears of some that the move against radical groups had some connection to the recent Donald Rumsfeld visit.

There's no connection with Rumsfeld or anyone else.
(Tidak ada hubungannya dengan Rumsfeld dan siapa saja.)

and he added his support for the proposed measures:

We forbid all forms of radicalism which cause damage. It's a problem …

Education Budget & The Constitution

… unconstitutionality of the failure to spend 20% of state finances on schooling.

Vice president Jusuf Kalla yesterday went some way to explaining kompas at least one angle of the legal fudge. He said that the government cannot be impeached for the matter because any impeachment effort must come from the parliament, and the parliament is also in breach of the law by its passing of the state budget.

Both the government and the parliament are in breach of the constitution so the …

Banning of the FPI

The police are likely to take the question of banning the Islamic Defenders Front, FPI, to the parliament.

On Monday in the west Java city of Cirebon several hundred Gus Dur loyalists, members of the NU (Nahdlatul Ulama), demonstrated over the Purwakarta incident of a few days previously, and demanded that the authorities disband the Front Pembela Islam (FPI), as well as the Majelis …

Comment by Anonymous_aloy: … Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kall.

Debate on Morality Bill

… likelihood of it being watered down may be realised. Today the leader of Golkar, vice president Jusuf Kalla, said that while he supports the bill its provisions should be restricted to dealing with those who profit from pornography, such as magazine editors, rather than those who consume it or "do" it.

Political Disappearances

… entitled "The Effective Role of Komnas Ham in Human Rights Education". He can be contacted at tuactive@yahoo.com.

Comment by Dragonwall: … guessed. Habibie, Jusuf Kalla, Prabowo, Wiranto, Syafrie …

Makassar Seethes Against Chinese

… crime and then, loudspeaker in hand, appealed to the crowd to disperse.

The vice-president Jusuf Kalla, himself a native of the province, also called on the people of Makassar to let justice take its course, but in a more long-distance fashion.

The combined appeals seem to have met with some success as the latest reports suggest the numbers of demonstrators has declined to only a few dozen people.

Separately, students at the Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) in Makassar also …

Indonesia Counterterrorism Report

… upon the death of Azahari and the discovery of 35 bombs ready for use, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has recruited prominent Muslim leaders to work in concert with the government to discourage youth from joining terrorist groups. The Vice President has spoken publicly of the need for the government to monitor institutions closely associated with radicalism. A number of Muslim leaders have publicly acknowledged that the bombings in Indonesia could not be justified on religious …

Partai Damai Sejahtera, PDS

… in the North Sulawesi capital of Manado and is to be opened, oddly enough, by the vice president, Jusuf Kalla, an Islamist from the Golkar party. Denny also said that the controversial law on houses of worship and the spate of forced church closings would be important items on the general meeting's agenda.

The PDS gains most of its support in areas where there is a sharp division between Muslims and Christians, such as Ambon and central Sulawesi, and in these places it generally goes …

Comment by Masindi: … you have to quote Kalla’s words? His words are …

Tops in Terror Fight

Vice President Jusuf Kalla says Indonesia has caught more terrorists than anywhere else in the world.

Speaking at a joint press conference with his visiting South African opposite number, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the moustachioed, diminutive businessman cum politician said :

There's no other country in the world which has caught more terrorists. Wev'e nabbed 200 in the last two years.
(Tidak ada …

Islamist vs Secular Parties

… much will go with the tide.

Golkar, additionally, is now effectively led by the vice-president, Jusuf Kalla (who is from south Sulawesi), a man who is on record as desiring the implementation of sharia law in Indonesia. And if examining the recent history of Golkar we note that the major faction within it was the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI).

The Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) was formed in the later years of the Suharto regime as the ruling …

Big Parties Go Cold on Porn Bill

… thought to be a secular party but it does have Islamist elements, including the vice-president Jusuf Kalla.

2004 Election Results

… %

1.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (PD) - Jusuf Kalla

39,838,184

33.6%

2.
Megawati Soekarnoputri (PDI-P) - Hasyim Muzadi

31,567,104

26.6 %

3.
General Wiranto (Golkar) - Solahuddin Wahid

26,286,788

22.2 %

4.
Amien Rais (PAN) - …

Maid Abuse

Discussion on abuse of Indonesian maids in Singapore and Malaysia, and elsewhere.

Comments split off from Dedi Mulyadi …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … of my wife. Pak Kalla is very passionate about this …

Spiritual Discipline & Fasting

Ramadan approaches, again, and Ross complains that religious leaders are intent on spoiling others' fun and livelihoods.

Ramadan Ranting Underway

The silly season is under way again, as fanatical twits show utter indifference to those for whose welfare their religion might presumably dispose them to care.

I refer to the Clerics' Council, MUI, whose Riau chapter in Batam has …

Comment by Tony: … like Bakrie, Kalla and all the others who choose to …

Political Acronym List

Spoilt for choice in the 2009 elections, almost three dozen political parties to choose from, most with their own acronym.

34 political parties will be allowed to participate in the 2009 elections by the Electoral Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum, KPU), 16 of which are established parties, that is, they passed verification at least partly based on their performance in the 2004 …

Comment by trane: … Golkar (á la Kalla) and the anti-corruption and …

Shopping Mall Churches

Church services in malls, people in West Java are flocking to shopping malls in order to pray.

"Indonesians seek salvation in shops":

Shopping malls in West Java are home to a growing number of Christian congregations. There are 10 in this mall alone.

Few of them want to talk publicly about why they are here, but off the record they admit it comes down to intimidation by Muslim …

Comment by rima: … under Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (1998-1999), and 456 …

Admiral Cheng Ho Film

Yusril Ihza Mahendra, legal theorist, presidential aspirant, and Admiral Cheng Ho film star.

Since being dismissed as Justice minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra has kept busy and in the public eye.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra.

Blogger

He started publishing his thoughts on the internet in November 2007, on his own website http://yusril.ihzamahendra.com/ , and even paid a visit to …

Comment by Enigmatic: … Think Yuddyboy and Kalla.

Rise of Islam

The West always tries to destroy Islam in Indonesia.

Professor Dr H Muslim Nasution, MA, a lecturer at Jakarta State Islamic University (UIN), in a discussion at Medan, February 1st, on the future of Islam, said that currently there were two regions that had the capability to lead the world Islamic community into the future, they being:

the Indian sub-continent
South-east …

Comment author: jusuf

Comment by jusuf: … you..even you can get sick ….

Current Minimum Wage

… but should also understand the workers's poor livelihood

He said that the ideal minimum wage for a married worker in North Sumatra should be 1.2 million rupiah.

Comment by Purba Negoro: … groups, as Kalla has highlighted, do not like …

2007 Investment

A big increase in foreign direct investment in 2007, with Singapore leading the way.

Foreign Investment

According to the National Investment Coordinating Board, (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal, BKPM) realised foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia rose by 72% on 2006 , reaching $10.34 billion.

The countries investing the most in Indonesia:

Singapore - $3.75 …

Comment by Dragonwall: … state. Hababi and Jusuf Kalah may tell the Chinese that …