Indonesian president-elect unveils high-powered transition team


  • World
  • Tuesday, 05 Aug 2014

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president-elect Joko Widodo on Monday announced a high-powered advisory team to handle his transition to power as he prepares to take over the top job in the world's third-largest democracy later this year.

The five-member "transition office" will lead a team of several advisers who will be responsible for drawing up a policy roadmap to fulfil major campaign promises and address pressing issues facing Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

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