JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has finalised "99 percent" of his cabinet, quickly filling gaps in his ministerial team after the anti-graft agency rejected some of his candidates, a senior adviser said on Thursday.
Sworn in on Monday, Widodo took the unprecedented step of asking anti-graft agencies to vet his cabinet picks to fulfil a campaign pledge for a government free of corruption. He had to o make last minute changes after eight candidates were rejected.
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