President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Tuesday that his stint as a local government leader helped blaze a trail in the country's political landscape and that the experience helped him craft and deliver development programs over the past nine years.

In a speech delivered to members of the Indonesian Association of Civil Servants (Korpri), Jokowi said that his firsthand knowledge on how local government works helped him create effective policies while solidifying the cabinet.

"I served as mayor twice, and then governor and president, also twice. There has never been an example like that, starting from the bottom. So, I have firsthand experience of what it was like on the ground," Jokowi said in his remarks.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by News Desk (The Jakarta Post)

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