
The Jakarta Post
Yesterday, three years ago, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Jusuf Kalla were inaugurated as President and Vice President amid mounting hopes that Jokowi’s clean background could significantly boost the country’s fight against corruption, a chronic disease that has plagued the people’s right to improved welfare. A commitment to eradicate corruption was a key campaign element for the pair, which won 53.5 percent of the vote against rival ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa. “We will prioritize consistent and trustworthy corruption eradication as much as possible,” the then-Jakarta governor promised as he campaigned in the 2014 race. Under the administration’s nine priority goals, dubbed Nawacita, the government claimed it would establish clean and transparent government through bureaucratic reform. There was no special event held to com...