Joko vows to protect human rights

Man of the people: Jokowi gesturing during his annual address at a general assembly in parliament in Jakarta. — AFP

JAKARTA: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has pledged to produce policies that protect human rights and the environment, noting that speed and accuracy should not be exchanged for “carelessness and arbitrariness”.

Dressed in traditional Sabu attire from East Nusa Tenggara, Jokowi delivered the speech during an annual state of the nation address before members of the country’s executive, legislative and judicial branches at the House of Representatives compound in Senayan, Central Jakarta, yesterday.