Foreign Media Hails President Jokowi's Future Challenges
21 October 2014 13:30 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The festivity of the People’s Party in celebrating the new President Joko Widodo has gained massive global attention. Several foreign media highlighted the new president, while citing a number of challenges that the humble man is about to face in the future.
President Widodo – as foreign media called Jokowi – is the first figure outside political elite in Indonesia that serves as President. ABC Australia wrote that the 53-year-old man will be a new hope, amid a wave of economical challenges ahead.
Singaporean media, Strait Times, wrote that Jokowi will likely face less support from legislators. Moreover, it also previewed that Jokowi will be having problem in creating a clean and efficient cabinet.
STRAIT TIMES | ABC | NATALIA SANTI