Tag: Joko Widodo
Posted on Wed Apr 29, 2015 at 08:49:00 AM EST
Tags: Bali, Indonesia, Joko Widodo (all tags)
Indonesia President Joko Widodo, already getting justly raked over the coals of international opinion, isn't doing any better at home. The editorial in the Jakarta Globe yesterday, hours before the executions, concludes he was hoodwinked by his aides (which doesn't say much for his leadership ability) and that the executions are not in Indonesia's best interest:
With regards to the planned executions, we doubt that such action is really aimed at creating deterrence. We are afraid that it was born out of political strategy of people surrounding Joko, and the president might be only a victim of his aides who provided him with false data and arguments.
It goes on to oppose the executions and say they have nothing to do with the problem of drugs in Indonesia: [More...]
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