President Joko Widodo
If a minister has his own agenda, he's out

Throughout his first year in office, President Joko Widodo faced a series of problems, some of them caused by his own political decisions, others by the turbulent global economy. This affected the public's level of satisfaction with his government, which according to a number of surveys, had declined significantly.

Jokowi himself admitted his dissatisfaction at what had been achieved so far, which he described as a period of consolidation. "The government has underachieved," said the President in a special interview with Tempo at the State Palace in Jakarta last week. It was exactly one year since he and Vice President Jusuf Kalla were sworn in by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

October 27, 2015