Once again, President Joko Widodo chose a somewhat unconventional way to inaugurate an infrastructure project, last Friday. He rode in an old Land Rover Defender to tour the newly completed Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) toll road, which sat unfinished for 18 years. Previously, in May, wearing only a thick jacket without a bulletproof vest, he inspected the Trans-Papua highway riding a dirt-trail bike.

The Becakayu and Trans Papua toll r