{"id":3512,"date":"2014-10-20T00:10:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T07:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2014-10-20T00:32:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T07:32:14","slug":"jokowo-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/jokowo-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokowi Sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Joko Widodo sworn in as Indonesia&#8217;s new president.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joko Widodo, the winner of Indonesia&#8217;s presidential election in July, has been sworn in as the leader of the South East Asian nation.<\/p>\n<p>Popularly known as Jokowi, the 53-year-old took the oath of office at a ceremony held at parliament in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3514\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-sworn-in-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3514\" class=\" wp-image-3514\" alt=\"Jokowi sworn in\" src=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-sworn-in-1.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-sworn-in-1.jpg 624w, http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-sworn-in-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jokowi said Indonesia could not be a country of divisions. (credit: EPA)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australia&#8217;s Prime Minister Tony Abbott attended the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Widodo, the former Jakarta governor, is the first president not from the military and political elite.<\/p>\n<p>After reading the oath of office, he told Indonesians that &#8220;unity and working hand in hand are prerequisites for us to be a great nation. We will never become a great nation if we are stuck with division.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a historic moment for us all to move together, to work and work,&#8221; the AFP news agency quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Widodo will later travel through the capital in a horse-drawn carriage to the palace with Vice-President Jusuf Kalla.<\/p>\n<p>An outdoor concert featuring rock bands is scheduled for Monday night, with Mr Widodo expected to appear on stage.<\/p>\n<p>About 24,000 police and military personnel have been deployed, but BBC Indonesia Editor Karishma Vaswani says that the mood in the capital is very upbeat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joko Widodo: Key facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Born in 1961 in city of Solo, the son of a wood-seller<\/li>\n<li>Began political career with the PDI-P party when he was elected mayor of Solo in 2005<\/li>\n<li>Elected for second term in 2010 with more than 90% of the vote<\/li>\n<li>Elected governor of Jakarta in 2012<\/li>\n<li>Backer of technology who promises to implement &#8220;e-governance&#8221; to help cut bureaucratic corruption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3513\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-Yudhoyono.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3513\" class=\" wp-image-3513 \" alt=\"Jokowi Yudhoyono\" src=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-Yudhoyono-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-Yudhoyono-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-Yudhoyono-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jokowi-Yudhoyono.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Incoming Indonesian President Joko Widodo (L) is greeted by outgoing president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) during a visit at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. Widodo will cap a remarkable rise from an upbringing in a riverside slum when he is sworn in as Indonesia&#8217;s president on October 20, 2014 but takes power amid doubts about his ability to enact much-needed reforms. (Photo by Firman Hidayat\/Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, Mr Widodo met outgoing leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who gave him a tour of the palace.<\/p>\n<p>Jokowi &#8211; the son of a carpenter who has promised to focus on healthcare and education &#8211; has been catapulted to power by his &#8220;man of the people&#8221; image, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n<p>But that will not be easy with an antagonistic parliament in power and he will be sorely tested in this first term in office, she adds.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Widodo&#8217;s defeated rival in the presidential election, Prabowo Subianto, gave the new leader his conditional support last week, in a move seen by observers as a positive sign.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3516\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kristiani-and-Iriana.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3516\" class=\" wp-image-3516\" alt=\"Kristiani and Iriana\" src=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kristiani-and-Iriana.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kristiani-and-Iriana.jpg 624w, http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kristiani-and-Iriana-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr Yudhoyono&#8217;s wife Kristiani (L) met Mr Widodo&#8217;s wife Iriana (R) before stepping in for the ceremony. (credit: AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But two-thirds of parliament are from Mr Subianto&#8217;s coalition. He said on Friday that he would ask his party to support Mr Widodo, but also said he would not hesitate to criticise if he disagreed with him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Subianto had challenged the election results, claiming there was &#8220;massive&#8221; electoral fraud, but his case was rejected by Indonesia&#8217;s constitutional court.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first, and biggest, challenges Mr Widodo faces is Indonesia&#8217;s at least $20bn fuel subsidy bill. He has said he plans to reduce subsidies, but the move has been met with opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p>==========================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joko Widodo Sworn In<\/strong><br \/>\n<object data='http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/video\/embed\/Y9vECt7sT0ac1d4UV54Kkw?height=236&#038;width=420' width=420 height=236 style='overflow:hidden;'><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Jokowi<\/strong><br \/>\n<object data='http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/video\/embed\/3qsssxCGTi2_8DQVEYIjdQ?height=236&#038;width=420' width=420 height=236 style='overflow:hidden;'><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joko Widodo sworn in as Indonesia&#8217;s new president. Joko Widodo, the winner of Indonesia&#8217;s presidential election in July, has been sworn in as the leader of the South East Asian nation. Popularly known as Jokowi, the 53-year-old took the oath of office at a ceremony held at parliament in Jakarta. 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