Jokowi: Indonesia Needs Big Real Leaders To Face Global Dynamics

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JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said Indonesia needed a national leader who had great courage in dealing with the dynamics of global conditions.

"Regarding the leaders we choose, be careful choosing leaders. The challenges ahead are not getting lighter, but getting tougher," said President Jokowi when delivering directions in the National Consolidation of the Jokowi Alap-Alap Volunteer Network at Sentul International Convention Center (SICC), Bogor, West Java, Saturday.

He said global dynamics were not doing well due to the influence of war, climate change, and the food crisis.

This situation, he said, requires a leader who has courage and has great guts.

"Let us not be sued, for example by the European Union, our World Trade Organization (WTO) is nervous. A country as big as Indonesia cannot choose a leader who can be discouraged by any big country," he said.

In front of around 16,000 Alap-Alap Volunteers, Jokowi said that the ideal Indonesian leader is the one who dares to take risks for his people, not those who seek safety.

"Leaders should not just look for safety, look for delicious, enjoy sitting at the Palace, sleep at the Palace," he said.

On that occasion, Jokowi directed that national leadership be a person who wants to work hard and not avoid every problem faced by the Indonesian people.

"We want to find a leader who wants to work hard for his people. If there is a problem, don't avoid it, if there is a problem, dare to approach and solve it," he said.