JAKARTA: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo should be able to break free from the pressures imposed on him by political parties, since he enjoys considerable support from the public as well as from other forces in the administration.
Jokowi, who was inaugurated as the country’s seventh president on Monday, has stated that he will allocate 18 out of 33 ministerial posts to professionals and the remaining 15 to political appointees.
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