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1. Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Senate about Trump-Russia deal Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Cohen told the Senate Intelligence Committee the discussions ended in January 2016, but now admits they continued until that June, well into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Cohen said he updated Trump and his family members several times. BuzzFeed News reported that the Trump Organization wanted to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse in the tower. Trump said Cohen, who has cooperated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team since pleading guilty to financial crimes in August, was “making up a story” now to “get a reduced sentence.” Trump also called the Mueller investigation “an illegal hoax that should be ended immediately.” [The New York Times, BuzzFeed News] 2. Trump cancels G-20 meeting with Putin, citing Ukraine conflict President Trump announced on Twitter Thursday that he had canceled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that was scheduled to take place at the G-20 summit on Saturday, citing Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels. “Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting,” Trump tweeted ahead of his Thursday arrival in Argentina for the summit. Trump had suggested on Tuesday that he might call off the meeting because of this incident, saying “maybe I won’t even have the meeting” because “I don’t like that aggression.” Earlier Thursday Russia had said the meeting was confirmed with the White House. [Donald J. Trump, USA Today] 3. World leaders gather for G-20 summit overshadowed by trade tensions and more Leaders from the world’s biggest economies are gathering in Argentina Friday for the start of the two-day Group of 20 summit. The leaders, including President Trump, will discuss infrastructure, investment, and other critical issues. The talks could be overshadowed by events on the sidelines, particularly Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the U.S.-China trade war. The U.S., Canada, and Mexico planned to sign their new trade pact on Friday, putting it a step closer to ratification. The conflict over Ukraine also looms over the meeting, and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is making his first big overseas appearance since the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Intelligence agencies suspect the crown prince ordered the killing, which Saudi Arabia denies. [The Associated Press] 4. Lawmakers drop new food-stamp work requirements in farm-bill deal House and Senate negotiators on Thursday reached a deal on a compromise farm bill that drops plans pushed by House Republicans and President Trump that would have added new work requirements on food stamp beneficiaries. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, confirmed that the deal ditched the new work requirements, which would have applied to older food stamp recipients and parents of children age 6 and up. Roberts said he hoped for a vote next week on the compromise $400 billion farm bill, which allocates federal money for farm subsidies, food stamps, and conservation programs. [The Washington Post, Politico] 5. Republican Sen. Tim Scott joins Democrats to block controversial judicial nominee Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Thursday that he would vote against President Trump’s nomination of Thomas Farr to be a District Court judge, joining fellow Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona in opposition and effectively killing the nomination. Scott said in a statement that he had “lingering concerns” about Farr’s “decision-making process,” an apparent reference to Farr’s alleged support of late Sen. Jesse Helms’ campaigns to intimidate black voters. Flake has vowed to vote against all judicial nominees until the Senate passes legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The Senate Judiciary Committee canceled a Thursday hearing on judicial nominees due to Flake’s opposition. [Politico] 6. Facebook COO reportedly told staff to research Soros after critical speech Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg asked communications staffers to investigate billionaire liberal activist George Soros after he criticized Facebook in a January speech, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the request. Soros called Facebook and Google a “menace” to society, and said they should be regulated. Sandberg reportedly asked her staff to look into why Soros had lambasted the company and whether doing so benefited him financially. At the time, Facebook was under scrutiny for its role in spreading Russian propaganda during the 2016 election. Not long after Sandberg made her request, Facebook was accused of helping push anti-Semitic attacks against Soros. [The New York Times] 7. U.S. life expectancy drops, suicide rate rises The life expectancy for Americans dropped again last year, a record number of Americans died, and the suicide rate hit a 50-year high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a series of reports Thursday. Public health experts can’t point to any one factor for the 70,000 more deaths in 2017 — for a record 2.8 million deaths total — but the rise in suicide and drug overdose deaths, plus an uptick in fatal flu and pneumonia cases, helped explain the grim news. The drop in life expectancy — children born in 2017 were expected to live to 78.6, down from 78.7 years in 2016 — combined with similar annual declines since 2014, put the U.S. in the longest slide in life expectancy since 1915-1918. [The Washington Post] 8. Hate crimes rise in Canada Canada’s statistical agency reported Thursday that hate crimes in the country increased 47 percent in 2017. Crimes against Muslims accounted for the biggest increase, with a rise to 349 crimes from 139 the previous year. Crimes against black people rose to 321 from 214, and those against Jewish people increased to 360 from 221, Statistics Canada reported. The spike mirrored an increase in hate crimes for three straight years in the U.S., according to FBI figures. Some minority and anti-hate activists said some of the rising violence in Canada stemmed from hateful rhetoric in the U.S. “We were shocked by the numbers — and, at the same time, we weren’t,” said Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. “This increase didn’t occur in a vacuum.” [Reuters] 9. Crews complete search for Northern California fire victims Search teams on Thursday completed their work checking for human remains in parts of Northern California devastated by the Camp Fire, the deadliest blaze in the state’s history. The death toll from the fire, which started Nov. 8 and destroyed 13,696 homes and about 4,000 other structures, stood at 88, although nearly 200 people were still listed as missing. Sheriff Kory Honea of Butte County, who led the search, said he was “very optimistic” that the people still unaccounted for would be found alive. “Given the due diligence that was done with regard to the search for human remains in the affected area, I am very hopeful that we won’t see any kind of increase,” he said. [The New York Times] 10. New York critics name Netflix’s Roma best film of the year The New York Film Critics Circle on Thursday named Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, a Netflix original film, the best movie of 2018. Cuarón also took home the awards for best director and best cinematography. These winners are determined by New York-based film critics, and their choices each year are often aligned with the eventual Academy Award nominations. Meanwhile, First Reformed‘s Ethan Hawke won best actor and writer Paul Schrader won best screenplay. Regina Hall surprised by winning best actress for her work in Support the Girls, while Richard E. Grant was awarded best supporting actor for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, and Regina King took best supporting actress for If Beale Street Could Talk. [Deadline] The Week MHI

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DHS: 110 Percent Surge in Migrant Men Using Kids to Enter US, ‘Rampant Fraud’ “Educated on a legal loophole that lets migrant ‘families’ with kids enter the United States, the Homeland Security Department reported Tuesday that men showing up with kids at the border has spiked 110 percent in just the last two years,” Paul Bedard reports in the Washington Examiner. “The department noted that children could be used by smugglers and drug traffickers to enter the country. Families are also using fraud to game the immigration system. The department said that 170 families have been caught lying about their relationships to enter the U.S.” “This data does not show nor does DHS assert that all minors apprehended as part of a family unit are illegitimate, but it does indicate that there is a significant problem that provides DHS the needed authority to protect the best interests and welfare of all children,” said the department.The statement was aimed at news reporting that has suggested the Trump administration is tear gassing and rejecting families. In response to the misreporting from multiple outlets, I wanted to highlight the rampant fraud taking place at our Southern border. Aliens know that if they bring ANY minor with them they will be apprehended by Border Patrol and released into the interior of the United States. This is a direct result of the Clinton-era Flores Settlement decree that has created a massive loophole which allows alien family units to illegally cross the border and enter the United States after a short detention. This well-known loophole acts a magnet for family units and entices smugglers to use children as a way to gain access to the United States by posing a family unit. Word has gotten out. Over the last two years, we have seen a 110 percent increase in male adults showing up at the border with minors. Further from April 19, 2018 to September 30, 2018, 507 aliens were encountered as a family unit and were separated as they were not a legitimate family unit,Spokeswoman Katie Waldman said. She also supplied some numbers to back up the fraud charges: 87 family units separated based on child determined to be over 18. 165 adults and 6 individuals that had initially claimed to be minors but were later discovered to be adults. 170 family units separated based on no family relation. Overall, the Rio Grande Valley had the highest number of reported fraudulent cases (170).

Debunking 3 Myths About Trump Border Enforcement “The mainstream media and Democrats have criticized the Trump administration’s response to the migrant caravans storming the nation’s southern border. However, many of the critiques either don’t provide full context or are factually incorrect,” Fred Lucas writes in The Daily Signal. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen explained that historically, less than 10 percent of those claiming asylum from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador are found eligible. “Most of these migrants are seeking jobs or to join family who are already in the U.S.” Here are three narratives that the Department of Homeland Security is pushing back against: 1. Separating Myth From Fact on Child Separation The long-running narrative has been that Border Patrol officials are separating children from parents. However, that doesn’t take into account fraudulent families, DHS spokeswoman Katie Waldman noted in a statement. From April 19 to Sept. 30, the government separated a total of 507 illegal immigrants within “family units” that weren’t legitimate, meaning the adults were not parents or guardians of the children, Waldman said. A total of 170 family units were separated based on lack of family relation, she said, including 197 adults and 139 juveniles.  Another 87 family units, including 171 adults, were separated based on a child determined to be over 18. The Rio Grande Valley in Texas had the highest number of reported fraudulent cases. “In response to the misreporting from multiple outlets, I wanted to highlight the rampant fraud taking place at our Southern border,” Waldman said in the statement. “Aliens know that if they bring any minor with them, they will be apprehended by Border Patrol and released into the interior of the United States.” She clarified, however, that the department isn’t claiming all cases are fraudulent. “This data does not show, nor does DHS assert, that all minors apprehended as part of a family unit are illegitimate, but it does indicate that there is a significant problem that provides DHS the needed authority to protect the best interests and welfare of all children,” Waldman said. The separation policy was based on a culmination of court decisions and legislation since the 1990s. In 1997, the Clinton administration entered into something called the Flores Settlement Agreement, which ended a class-action lawsuit first brought in the 1980s. The settlement established a policy that the federal government would release unaccompanied minors from custody to their parents, relatives, or other caretakers after no more than 20 days, or, alternatively, determine the “least restrictive” setting for the child. In a separate development, in 2008, a Democrat-controlled Congress approved bipartisan legislation to combat human trafficking, and President George W. Bush, a Republican, signed it into law. Section 235(g) of that law, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, states that unaccompanied minors entering the United States must be transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, rather than to the Department of Homeland Security. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit expanded the Flores settlement in 2016 to include children brought to the country illegally by their parents. 2. Tear-Gassing Children The caravan still moving toward the U.S.-Mexico border includes 8,500 migrants, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Media outlets and Democratic politicians seized on children being among the migrants bearing the brunt of tear gas deployed Sunday along the California border, when hundreds of the migrants rushed the border. A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, runs away from tear gas in front of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, Mexico. (?: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) pic.twitter.com/pz7hkxsN9g — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 25, 2018 Ben Rhodes, a one-time national security adviser to then-President Barack Obama, pounced. It’s wrong to gas women and children and the elderly. That shouldn’t be a partisan view, nor should that be uncomfortable to “the men and women in duty” https://t.co/PBHRE5utCT — Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) November 26, 2018 However, the Obama administration used tear gas at the border on a monthly basis, The Washington Times reported. Also, the Obama administration used pepper spray when a far smaller contingent of only 100 immigrants charged the border in 2013, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement Monday that the current violent rush on the border eclipsed prior problems. “First, the violence we saw at the border was entirely predictable. This caravan, unlike previous caravans, had already entered #Mexico violently and attacked border police in two other countries,” the secretary said in a Facebook post. “I refuse to believe that anyone honestly maintains that attacking law enforcement with rocks and projectiles is acceptable. It is shocking that I have to explain this, but officers can be seriously or fatally injured in such attacks. Self-defense isn’t debatable for most law-abiding Americans.” She added: “[T]he caravan is far larger and more organized than previous ones. There are 8,500 caravan members in Tijuana and Mexicali. There are reports of additional caravans on their way.” 3. Not Legal Asylum-Seekers Critics of the Trump administration contend the migrants have a legal right to seek asylum in the United States. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., tweeted: Let me repeat myself in case you didn’t hear or read the US legal code. @realDonaldTrump: Seeking asylum is LEGAL. Migrants at our border are looking for help. Yet, instead of greeting them w understanding, you deploy tear gas. Shameful & disgusting. https://t.co/RzEFJDqqzh — Carolyn B. Maloney (@RepMaloney) November 26, 2018 However, Nielsen pushed back, noting that many of the migrants in the caravan do not legally qualify for asylum. Meanwhile, most are not women and children. The homeland security secretary wrote: Historically, less than 10% of those who claim asylum from #Guatemala, #Honduras, and #ElSalvador are found eligible by a federal judge. 90% are not eligible. Most of these migrants are seeking jobs or to join family who are already in the U.S. They have all refused multiple opportunities to seek protection in Mexico or with the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. She also said “the caravan members are predominantly male.” “It appears in some cases that the limited number of women and children in the caravan are being used by the organizers as ‘human shields’ when they confront law enforcement,” Nielsen wrote. “They are being put at risk by the caravan organizers, as we saw at the Mexico-Guatemala border. This is putting vulnerable people in harm’s way,” Nielsen said. This story was corrected to note that the Obama administration used pepper spray at the border in a 2013 incident.

Ivanka Trump praises the ‘laboratories of innovation’ like Idaho during school visit In the Idaho Statesman, Cynthia Sewell writes that students at Wilder Elementary School were greeted yesterday by two special guests: Apple CEO Tim Cook and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump. The two guests “embarked on a nearly hourlong tour of the school, visiting classrooms and watching students demonstrate their technological skills on the handheld devices Apple provided the school district nearly three years ago,” Sewell reports.Trump and Cook were visiting Wilder schools Tuesday to examine the district’s use of technology. The stop in Idaho is the latest in a series of tours by Trump as part of her work with the National Council for the American Worker, the Statesman reported earlier. “In the past year I have visited 20 states across the country … these are states that are often called the laboratories of innovation,” Trump said during her visit. “You come into districts where you have superintendents like [Wilder] Superintendent [Jeff] Dillon who is so deeply passionate about bringing innovation and making a system that works for his or her students.” Cook gestured around the classroom: “You notice in this classroom there is no teacher, there is a mentor. It makes the learning process for students very different because in a classroom where there is a mentor, people can move at different rates. This is life. We all learn things at different rates.” Instead of a teacher standing before the entire class and lecturing, the students at Wilder hold the classroom in their hands and complete the work at their own pace. “What that allows is you can push the person who learns faster onto building the next skill and the person who needs a little more help can get a little more help,” Cook explained. “This school and the leadership in this school are doing just an incredible job of bringing that to life.” Trump agreed. “This is what is so exciting, the harnessing of technology in conjunction with incredible educators to create this type of really personalized learning experience … [to] prepare students for a world where digital literacy is absolutely critical but at the same time enable them to move at their own speed.”

Trump sanctions top Nicaraguan officials “The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions against the vice president of Nicaragua and a top national security adviser to President Daniel Ortega. The sanctions were imposed through an executive order signed by President Trump Tuesday and follow similar escalations against officials from Cuba and Venezuela, National security adviser John Bolton labeled the three Latin American countries the “troika of tyranny” in a speech earlier this month and warned of increasing sanctions against their government officials.” Rafael Bernal reports for The Hill. A senior administration official called Vice President Rosario Maria Murillo de Ortega, who is also the first lady, “the de facto co-president of Nicaragua since 2007.” Nestor Moncada Lau, the other official targeted by sanctions, is known as Ortega’s right-hand man. Administration officials said Moncada was directly involved in covering up sexual misconduct with a minor committed by the Nicaraguan president. Both Murillo and Moncada have a long rap sheet of corruption and human rights violations, according to a statement by the Treasury Department, including acts of violent intimidation against political opponents. Under the sanctions, all property owned by Murillo or Moncada under U.S. jurisdiction will be blocked and U.S. persons will be prohibited from conducting business with the two Nicaraguan officials. “This Administration is committed to holding the Ortega regime accountable for the violent protests and widespread corruption that have led to the deaths of hundreds of innocent Nicaraguans and destroyed their economy,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. in a statement. “Treasury is intent on ensuring that Ortega Regime insiders are not able to access the U.S. financial system to profit at the expense of the Nicaraguan people.” Ortega’s government has been accused of suppressing dissent with violence. More than 400 people have been killed for protesting the regime since April, according to the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights. A senior administration official said the sanctions are a “first step” and a message to Ortega and his allies to “find an exit strategy” and call for free and fair elections. The impact will be felt by Murillo and Moncada, according to senior administration officials, particularly as Nicaragua’s economy is dollarized. Officials refused to comment on the dollar amount of assets that could immediately fall under the sanctions.

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Ratas Percepatan Pelaksanaan Divestasi PT Freeport Indonesia

JAKARTA , MHI – Presiden Joko Widodo mengklaim telah mendapatkan laporan bahwa ada beberapa hal terkait proses divestasi 51 persen saham PT Freeport sudah bisa dituntaskan pada bulan September yang lalu dan sudah ditandatangani dalam bentuk Divestment Agreement, Sales and Purchase Agreement  serta Subscription Agreement.

“ Saya juga mengikuti bahwa ada beberapa tahap lanjutan yang masih perlu penyelesaian yang perlu dipercepat,” kata Presiden Jokowi saat menyampaikan pengantar pada Rapat Terbatas Percepatan Pelaksanaan Divestasi PT Freeport Indonesia, di Kantor Presiden, Kamis (29/11) siang.

Untuk itu, Presiden meminta laporan mengenai perkembangan beberapa masalah yang masih perlu segera dituntaskan, seperti penyelesaian isu lingkungan, masalah limbah, dan masalah tailing.

Selain itu, juga issue tentang perubahan kontrak karya menjadi IUPK, lalu tentang kepemilikan saham pemerintah Provinsi Papua dan Kabupaten Mimika serta kemudian juga hal-hal yang terkait dengan jaminan fiskal, perpajakan, royalti, stabilitas investasi.

“Saya minta semua tahapan proses Divestasi itu bisa diselesaikan dan sudah final kita harapkan sebelum akhir tahun 2018 ini, semuanya rampung,” ucap Presiden Jokowi.

Presiden menegaskan, proses divestasi PT Freeport adalah sebuah langkah besar untuk mengembalikan mayoritas kepemilikan sumber daya alam yang sangat strategis ke pangkuan ibu Pertiwi.

“Akan kita gunakan sebesar-besarnya untuk peningkatan kesejahteraan dan kemakmuran rakyat, utamanya rakyat Papua,” sambung Presiden.

Pemda Papua dan Mimika Memiliki 10% saham

Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe menjawab wartawan usai Rapat Terbatas, di Kantor Presiden, jakarta, Kamis (29/11) siang.

Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe mengaku dirinya bersama Wakil Gubernur Papua Klemen Tinal telah dipanggil Presiden Joko Widodo untuk mengikuti Rapat Terbatas yang membahas tentang divestasi 51 persen saham Freeport kepada Indonesia.

“Presiden menekankan harus kita hati-hati untuk keberpihakan pada pemerintah Provinsi Papua dan Pemerintah Kabupaten Mimika. Jangan sampai ada orang lain masuk dengan gelap, itu jelas,” kata Lukas kepada wartawan usai mengikuti Rapat Terbatas .

Diakui semula dirinya seperti warga Papua lainnya sempat ragu apakah pemerintah bersungguh-sungguh mengenai pemilikan 10 persen saham PT Freeport itu. Ternyata, lanjut Lukas, Presiden ternyata memang beliau sungguh-sungguh memihak kepada kepemilikan 10% saham itu.

“Sehingga kami berkeyakinan bahwa satu-satunya Presiden dengan hati, kerja dengan hati sehingga memperjuangkan hak-hak rakyat Papua. Jadi kami yakin bahwa, kami Pemda Papua dan pemda Mimika akan memiliki 10% saham,” sambung Lukas.

Menurut Gubernur Papua, Presiden telah menegaskan akan mengawal proses yang terjadi sampai selesai. Beliau memerintahkan sebelum mengakhiri Desember sudah negosiasi kita untuk 51% sudah selesai. “Intinya keberpihakan pada masyarakat Papua. Selesai, itu saja,” ujarnya.

Mengenai pembagian 10 persen saham Papua, Lukas menjelaskan, sesuai kesepakatan kita awal. Pemprov Papua 3%, dan Pemerintah Kabupaten Mimika 7%.

Tidak Boleh Ada Orang Lain Masuk

Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe kembali menyampaikan, bahwa Presiden Jokowi tidak menginginkan ada pihak lain yang meminta saham. Untuk itulah, proses negosiasi terjadi tidak boleh ada orang lain masuk yang seperti itu. Ini untuk Indonesia, 51% milik pemerintah Indonesia.

Menjawab pertanyaan wartawan mengenai permintaan saham dari luar, Gubernur Lukas Enembe menyatakan dengan tegas, “Jangan sampai, jangan sampai ada keinginan seperti itu.”

Selesaikan Divestasi 51% Saham Freeport Secepatnya

Menteri ESDM Ignasius Jonan saat mengikuti Rapat Terbatas Percepatan Pelaksanaan Divestasi PT Freeport Indonesia, di Kantor Presiden, Jakarta, Kamis (29/11) siang.

Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) Ignasius Jonan berjanji akan menyelesaikan proses divestasi 51 persen saham PT Freeport Indonesia secepat-cepatnya sebagaimana harapan yang disampaikan oleh Presiden Joko Widodo .

“Kita coba selesaikan secepat-cepatnya,” kata Jonan kepada wartawan usai mengikuti Rapat Terbatas .

Sebagaimana diberitakan sebelumnya, dalam rapat terbatas itu Presiden Jokowi meminta agar semua tahapan proses Divestasi itu bisa diselesaikan, dan sudah final. Dharapkan sebelum akhir tahun 2018 ini, semuanya rampung.

“Proses divestasi PT Freeport adalah sebuah langkah besar untuk mengembalikan mayoritas kepemilikan sumber daya alam yang sangat strategis ke pangkuan ibu Pertiwi. akan kita gunakan sebesar-besarnya untuk peningkatan kesejahteraan dan kemakmuran rakyat, utamanya rakyat Papua,” kata Presiden Jokowi.

IUPK Akan Segera Terbit

Menteri ESDM Ignasius Jonan menjelaskan, masalah divestasi 51 persen saham PT Freeport Indonesia itu saat ini tinggal urusan mengenai lingkungan hidup, dan tadi sudah ada penjelasan dari Menteri Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (LHK) Siti Nurbaya.

Kalau di Kementerian Keuangan, menurut Jonan, mungkin enggak masalah. Hanya ada beberapa penyesuaian saja, soal administrasi. Sedangkan di Kementerian ESDM juga ada, setelah itu selesai.

“Tinggal secara korporasi Inalum harus menyelesaikan proses akuisisinya itu yang paling besar memang pembayaran dan izin-izin,” ungkap Jonan seraya menambahkan, tentu saja itu harus beres dulu.

Kalau itu selesai, lanjut Menteri ESDM itu, Izin Usaha Pertambangan Khusus (IUPK) akan segera terbit, sehingga final.

Rapat Terbatas itu dihadiri oleh Menko Polhukam Wiranto, Menko Kemaritiman Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Menko Perekonomian Darmin Nasution, Mensesneg Pratikno, Seskab Pramono Anung, Kepala Staf Presiden Moeldoko, Mendagri Tjahjo Kumolo, Menkumham Yasonna Laoly, Menteri BUMN Rini Soemarno, Menteri ESDM Ignasius Jonan, Menteri ATR/Kepala BPN Sofyan Djalil, Menteri LHK Siti Nurbaya.

Selain itu hadir Wakil Ketua BPK Bahrullah Akbar, Panglima TNI Marsekal Hadi Tjahjanto, Kapolri Jenderal Tito Karnavian, Kepala BIN Budi Gunawan, Kepala BPKP Ardan Adiperdana, Wamenkeu Mardiasmo, Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe, Wagub Papua Klemen Tinal, Dirut PT. Inalum Budi Gunawan Sadikin, dan para pejabat eselon satu di Lingkungan Lembaga Kepresidenan.

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Kurangnya Koordinasi dan Komunikasi Antar Pejabat Berimbas Pada Masyarakat

KABUPATEN BEKASI-MHI- Hal tersebut terjadi pada Kecamatan Tambun-Utara, Kabupaten-Bekasi dimana Kecamatan tersebut ditunjuk sebagai tuan rumah dalam penyelenggarakan Hari Pangan Se-dunia namun pada (22/11) manakala didalam pelaksanaannya beberapa desa diwilayah kecamatan tersebut melakukan penutupan kantor sehingga pelayanan terhadap masyarakatpun menjadi tak terpenuhi ,(30/11).

Banyak masyarakat yang datang kedesa pada waktu itu (22/11) untuk mengurus berbagai keperluan dan kepentingan merasa kecewa dengan pelayanan Desa Karang Satria, Hal tersebut diungkapkan masyarakat kepada awak media yang menyambangi Desa tersebut.

Dipihak Desa Karang Satria yang telah melakukan penutupan pelayanan tentunya merasa telah memenuhi aturan yang telah disepakati sehingga melakukan penutupan pelayanan Desa dengan informasi yang mereka terima dan mereka laksanakan, hal tersebut diungkapkan Sekertaris Desa Karang Satria Hary Suparja kepada awak media pada (26/11) dengan mengatakan bahwa seluruh Desa sekecamatan Tambun-Utara Tutup Pelayanan Termasuk juga kecamatan.

Sebagai Perwakilan Kecamatan

Berbeda dengan keterangan Camat Tambun-Utara Dodo yang meyakinkan awak media saat dikonfirmasi usai acara berlangsung (22/11) mengatakan , Pelayanan Desa Karang Satria tidak tutup..itu loket pelayanannya mau diganti, dibongkar…tempatnya mau dipindahkan..masa sih ditutup..kan kita aparat pemerintah…publik service, Jelas Dodo.

Karang Satria itu sedang Kita persiapkan menjadi perwakilan Kecamatan Tambun-Utara..dan tidak tutup disana ada sekdes,ada itu apa…jadi disini hanya ada Kepala Desa dan BPD…Harus tetap berjalan dan enggak tutup kan saya baru dari sana , Imbuhnya.

Perbedaan informasi yang didapat awak media menumbuhkan kesimpang-siuran Informasi sehingga terkesan adanya kekurangan koordinasi dan komunikasi antara Kecamatan selaku kordinator dan Desa-desa yang berada dibawah pengawasan dan binaan kecamatan sesuai dengan PP nomor 17 Tahun 2018 Tentang Kecamatan.

DiTambah lagi dengan Issue Tahun politik menjadi menjadi tanggapan pandangan berbeda ditengah masyarakat sehingga Pola pikir menjadi bias dan tak terfokus pada realita yang ada.

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