Indonesia's president-elect and current Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo looks up as he leaves a swearing-in ceremony of new local legislators at the city council in Jakarta September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament on Monday approved a state budget that President-elect Joko Widodo does not like but cannot change until early next year to fund his programmes.
The budget, with a deficit at 2.21 percent of gross domestic product, was proposed by the outgoing government. It passed unanimously after all the details were approved by parliament's budgetary committee late on Sunday.
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