Jokowi enters seventh year on stronger political footing

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JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): When President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (pic) took office on Oct 20, 2014, doubts lingered over whether an upstart like him could secure the support of the political elite.

Seven years in, the former Jakarta governor continues to prove his doubters wrong as he tightens his grip on power. As the clock ticks down to the end of his presidency in 2024, and even after the first year of his second term was hit by the world’s worst health crisis in more than a century, Jokowi still maintains strong political capital.