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Issues of the day: Jokowi 'blames' rich nations for inequality
Asian-African voice: President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo addresses heads of state and government from Asian and African countries during the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference at the historic Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, on April 24
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span class="inline inline-center">Asian-African voice: President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo addresses heads of state and government from Asian and African countries during the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference at the historic Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, on April 24. Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf
April 22, Online
President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo made a strong speech during the opening of the 2015 Asian-African Summit in Jakarta on Wednesday, in which he criticized the inequality created by the current West-led world order.
'When the rich nations, which comprise a mere 20 percent of world's population, consume 70 percent of world resources, then global injustice becomes real,' he said before representatives of 106 Asian and African nations, 21 of whom were heads of state and government.
'When hundreds enjoy the lives of the super-rich, while more than 1.2 billion people in the southern hemisphere struggle with less than 2 dollars per day, then global injustice becomes real,' Jokowi said.
Your comments:
Honorable Joko Widodo,
Charity begins at home. What has Indonesia achieved? Millions of our citizens are working as laborers, machine operators and in similar positions in Asia and the Middle East.
Human resources and development are immediately needed. The poor implementation of the English language in all the government schools leads directly to our citizens working in low-paid jobs.
They lack confidence because of communication. There hasn't been a sincere effort to revitalize our education system or our teachers' training colleges.
Our public service commission in every province is practically redundant, resulting in very poor efficiency of recruitment, administration and management of all departments including education, health, public works, sports, agriculture, environment, commerce, industry and the rest.
Indonesia can be self-sustainable if managed and administered properly.
Ramsingha
This misdirection in the hope that we will look at Palestine instead of focusing on what is happening in Indonesia will not work.
Indonesia is broken under Jokowi and his band of incompetent ministers.
The House is as usual inept when any work that doesn't involve self-enrichment needs to be done. He had the potential to do so much.
Deddy K.
Yes, the world is not fair, but blaming others won't get us anywhere. When looking outside, focus on the positive stuff, so Indonesia can aspire to the growth and dynamic economies enjoyed by some Asian countries like Korea
and China.
Comparing the education curricula would be a good place to start.
Deedee S
Isn't the use of the term 'southern hemisphere' a bit outdated? Australia and New Zealand are in the southern hemisphere. And about growing inequality, at least in Indonesia, it was your predecessor's fault, sir.
In the early years of SBY, Indonesia's Gini coefficient was around 36 (that's better than the US). At the end of his term, it was 41.
Diemas
Indonesia could be rich if it had any ability to deal with the nation's pressing issues. Or it could just blame foreigners and other countries. That sounds easier.
Queer
Blame the rich in Indonesia whose wealth is from 'unclear' sources, too, Pak Jokowi.
Hot Saut
Indonesia is rich in resources, but does not develop them to the max and needs help to do so.
Anita L.
