The decree referred to Press Council decision in the plenary session on Friday 22nd May 2020 in Jakarta, and the result of verification on 29th January 2020.
According to Firdaus, SMSI as an umbrella organization of online media owners with 1000 media outlets, will be developed until the city and district level all over Indonesia. “So information network will be expanded more broadly, reaching the rural of the country,” Firdaus said.
Hatta Rajasa said he supported to Firdaus’ program that want to expand organization network until all over Indonesia. With controlling the data and information network in the 21st century, Hatta said, SMSI will have extraordinary power, and it is important to be a partner of the government.
Another program not long times, SMSI would like to establish a newsroom together with all member’s organization. “This newsroom will bring positive benefit for the members, mainly for media outlets start up. (**)
