Monday begins term of Indonesia’s new President Widodo, a mayor with massive popular following
Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Joko Widodo will on Monday take over as president of the world’s third-largest democracy with supporters’ hopes high but pressing economic problems and skeptical rivals set to test the former furniture businessman. Widodo’s narrow victory over a former general in July’s election marked the first time in the young democracy’s history that…
Reform-Minded Outsider Widodo Takes Over As Indonesia’s President
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