JAKARTA: After his resounding victory in Indonesia’s presidential race, Jakarta governor Joko Widodo now faces the daunting task of taking the world’s third-biggest democracy forward as resistance to reform lingers.
The softly-spoken former furniture exporter was declared the next president by election officials last Tuesday, and although his rival, Prabowo Subianto, is contesting the result in court, Joko is widely expected to prevail.
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