FILE PHOTO: Head of BPJPH, Prof. Sukoso, speaking at a Global Islamic Economy Summit Roundtable Series in Jakarta on September 25, 2019.

Indonesia’s government dismisses head of halal agency BPJPH


JAKARTA – Prof. Sukoso has been relieved of his duties as the head of Indonesia’s national halal agency BPJPH.

The  government’s decision was delivered in a presidential decree number 30/TPA/2021 effective March 1.

“For several positions like director general or president director or echelon 1 within a ministry or institutional space, there are certain working periods. So after someone gets elected, usually four or five years later he or she will be discharged,” Prof. Sukoso told Salaam Gateway.

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