Indonesia leads region in democratic standards: Comment


JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): There are two ways to look at President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo’s (pic0 administration. The first is what I would call the utilitarian’s approach that sees President Jokowi as a visionary statesman able to get things done, focused on big transformational achievements.

In other words, this is what I call the Singaporean way embraced by Kishore Mahbubani, who recently praised President Jokowi for his bold undertakings aimed at turning Indonesia into a developed nation.

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