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Political outline | Living conditions | Useful resources | Communications

Political outline

Executive Power: The President is both the head of the State and the head of the government. The President enjoys the executive powers and appoints the cabinet. Both the President and the Vice-President are elected through direct universal suffrage for five-year terms. The President is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and responsible for domestic governance and policy-making and foreign affairs.
Legislative Power: The legislature in Indonesia is bicameral. The parliament called People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) consists of: DPR (House of People’s Representatives – lower house) having 550 seats with its members elected directly to serve five-year terms, and DPD (House of Regional Representatives- upper house) having 128 seats with each province electing 4 members on a non-party basis. The President cannot dissolve the parliament but the President has the power to veto bills, and in turn a supermajority of legislators may act to override the veto.The people of Indonesia have limited political rights.
Main political parties: Indonesia has a multi-party system where a single party does not often have a chance of gaining power alone. Thus parties need to work together to form coalition governments. The major political parties in Indonesia are:
- PD (Democratic Party) - advocates ‘Pancasila’ – the 5 principles the Constitution is based on;
- Golkar (Functional Groups Party) – initially an alliance of NGOs opposing communism, now advocates democratic and liberal values;
- PBB (Crescent Moon and Star Party) – a moderate Islamist party;
- PDI-P (Indonesian Party for the Democratic Fight) – based on ‘Pancasila’ ideology, a split-away group from the PD led by ex-President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
Current political leaders: President: Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO (since October 2004) - PD
Vice-President: Muhammad Yusuf KALLA (since October 2004) - Golkar
Next election dates: Presidential: July 2014

Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions

A certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is required for passengers coming from affected areas. There is a risk of malaria everywhere, except in Jakarta, large cities and the main tourist resorts of Java and Bali.
Indonesia is experiencing a fresh outbreak of dengue fever, which can be hemorrhagic. You must take measures against traveler's diarrhoea. Drinking water must be boiled or filtered.
Bathing in fresh water can expose you to the risk of bilharziosis (or schistosomiasis) found on the western bank of Lake Lindu (Sulawesi).

Avoid all contact with poultry and birds because of the epidemic of avian flu.

International hospitals

The medical structures are lacking in quality. Some establishments in Jakarta are recognized as being of good quality and are used by expats:

SOS International, Medikaloka, Rumah Sakit Pondok Indah,Global Assistance & Healthcare.

For further information on sanitary conditions

Website of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

For further information on safety conditions

Advice to travellers on the website of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

Contact your Embassy

Embassy of Greece in Indonesia
Plaza 89 12th Floor Suite 1203
Jl HR Rasuna Said Kav X-7 No 6
Jakarta 12940, Indonesia
Phone: +6221 520 7776
Fax:+6221 520 7753
grembas@cbn.net.id http://www.greekembassy.or.id/pages_gr/index_gr.html

Emergency numbers

Police	110
Ambulance for road accidents	118
Medical ambulance	119
Firemen	113

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference: It is %T:%M %A in Jakarta (GMT+7)
It is %T:%M %A in Denpasar (GTM+8)
It is %T:%M %A in Jayapura (GTM+9)
Summer time period: None

Map of the time zone

Type of climate: The climate is equatorial, hot and very humid all year. The temperature varies between 24° and 34° C and the rate of humidity reaches 80%. There is a dry season (from April to October) and a rainy season (from November to April).

For further information: Meteorological and geophysical center

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation: Site Indo.com, title "budget hotels" Site Indo.com, title "budget hotels" Accor group website
Site Asiahotels, Indonesia Asia Rooms
Asia Travel
To find an apartment: Rumah 4 Sale agency

Website for expats
Indonesian website of adverts for rental and sale of appartments and houses
To find a job: JobDB, Asia-Pacific recruitment website

Communications

Telephone codes: To make a call from Indonesia to Greece: dial 00 or 008 (or +) 30
To make a call to in Indonesia from Greece: dial 00 (or +) +62
Mobile telephone standards: GSM, CDMA.
Internet suffix: .id

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