This is according to part of the TIME magazine’s article entitled ‘The New Face of Indonesian Democracy’. Jokowi, his widely used nickname, is featured in the cover of the 27 October 2014 edition of TIME magazine entitled ‘A New Hope’.
The former furniture maker from Solo is considered as a new face in the Indonesian politics. “Jokowi is the new face of the new democratic politics in Indonesia,” said Associate Professor Jamie Davidson as quoted by the TIME magazine for an article to be released alongside the magazine cover featuring Jokowi. Jamie Davidson is an Indonesian expert at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
In the article, Jokowi’s motivation to enter Indonesia politics was also highlighted. It was his displeasure with the country’s unsatisfactory public service that pushed the man to enter politics.
Jokowi cited an example based on his experience as a businessman in Solo, where he had to “give an envelope (of money)” before his application can be reviewed. He then became the Mayor of Solo and told TIME that he “made sure this changed.”
He also shared childhood experience and his poor family, which had to work very hard to fulfil basic needs. Motivated by his childhood, the President-elect told TIME magazine that “democracy must deliver a better life to the people.”
As previously reported, the TIME magazine is featuring a story that reviews the figure of Joko Widodo, who in a few days time will be inaugurated as the seventh President of Indonesia. In the article, it is written that the victory of Joko Widodo in the recent election is a symbol of the people’s triumph over the ruling political elite.
TIME wrote, “Jokowi’s election victory in July against Prabowo Subianto—a former general and political scion – symbolized the people’s triumph over a ruling clique that had long treated this resource-rich nation as a private fief.”
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