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Your letters: Letter for Joko '€˜Jokowi'€™ Widodo

Dear Jokowi, even though the official result of the president election has not yet been announced, I’m sure you will soon be our next president and the seventh president of Indonesia

The Jakarta Post
Sat, July 12, 2014

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Your letters: Letter for Joko '€˜Jokowi'€™ Widodo

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ear Jokowi, even though the official result of the president election has not yet been announced, I'€™m sure you will soon be our next president and the seventh president of Indonesia. Congratulations.

To some extent, the fate of the people of this country will be in your hands.

As one of your supporters, I would like to convey a few simple things that you can do easily on the first day of your
presidency.

Please stay, along with your family, in the State Palace. By doing that you will make a contribution to easing the traffic in Jakarta. There will be no need for you to go back and forth to the office.

Change your official car for a less fancy car. You could use a car assembled in Indonesia, such as a Kijang, Isuzu Panther, Kuda or another brand used by ordinary people.

As I have noticed on television, the official cars of Indian cabinet members are produced in India. Of course, you can use fancy cars if you are welcoming guests.

I am quite sure that if you set this example it will save a lot from the state budget because officials under you such as ministers, governors and heads of regions will not have the guts to do anything different from you.

Sell the new presidential plane and use the proceeds to build bridges or other infrastructure in villages.

M Sulhan Askandar
Jakarta

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