EVERYBODY knows that flooding in Jakarta cannot be solved by the provincial government alone. It can only be solved if the central and provincial government work together. President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has set deadlines for the completion of a number of flood-control programs, and has moved up the finishing date for the Rp492.8 billion-Ciliwung canal project, which will connect the Ciliwung river with the East Flood Canal. "It was planned to be completed in December, but I have requested it to be finished by October this year," Jokowi said on an unannounced visit to the canal in Kebon Nanas, East Jakarta.

President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo might have finally taken a stand on whether to appoint Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as chief of the National Police. Ahmad Syafii Maarif, head of the Team of Ninecreated to map out solutions to the conflict between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the National Policesaid Jokowi told him that he will not inaugurate Budi. "For reasons of public morale," Syafii quoted Jokowi's as saying.

THE Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan a graft suspect. Budi allegedly took bribes while head of the National Police's Career Development Bureau. When the KPK made the announcement, Budi was President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's only candidate to replace General Sutarman as National Police chief. His name had already been proposed to the House of Representatives (DPR).

The AirAsia flight QZ8501 disaster has brought on allegations of mismanagement, poor administration and even corruption in Indonesia's commercial aviation regime. The plane, which lost contact during the Surabaya-Singapore flight after taking off from Indonesia on December 28 last year, had no permit to fly on that Sunday. The Transportation Ministry has said AirAsia only had permission to ply the route on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.