According to a number of polls on next year's presidential candidate, Joko Widodo is unchallenged. Theoretically, Jakarta's governor would win the election if held today. The former Solo mayor even upstaged PDI-P chairperson, Megawati Soekarnoputri, who actually nominated him to run in Jakarta's gubernatorial race last year.

Yet Jokowi himself announced that he has given no thought to running for the country's top job. He recently spoke to Tempo rep