Jokowi: Indonesia Needs High-Scale Leaders

President Joko Widodo when giving a statement after attending the Jokowi 2023 Young Ulama Solidarity National Leadership Meeting at Istora Senayan, Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Saturday (7/10/2023). (ANTARA/Mecca Yumna)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo emphasized that Indonesia needs leaders who have the courage and courage to be high or great in being able to realize Indonesia into a developed country.

In the future, leaders who have courage are needed. It takes a leader who has courage, has high guts. It takes a leader who dares to take risks because what is faced in the future will be more complex, more difficult and less difficult," Jokowi said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, October 7.

This was conveyed by President Widodo while attending the 2023 Jokowi Young Ulama Solidarity National Leadership Meeting at Istora Senayan, Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Saturday.

The President said that if Indonesia does not have a brave leader, then Indonesia will find it difficult to become a developed country.

"Imagine if we have a leader, we want to process for example our own nickel here, then the European Union is sued, then (the leader) is afraid and resigned. How? So that we continue to export raw, not finished goods that have large added value," he said.

Jokowi emphasized that the next three leadership periods play a key role so that Indonesia can jump into a developed country, so he calls for the Indonesian people to be careful in choosing future leaders.

"We all have to be really thorough and careful in choosing a leader in these three leadership periods. And whoever, sovereignty is in the hands of the people, because we are a democratic country," he said.