JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Thousands of people down to the street to celebrate the inauguration of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Jusuf Kalla as the seventh President and Vice President of the Republic on Monday (Oct. 20).
Jokowi and Kalla have just taken their oath at around 10:30 AM of Jakarta time in the plenary session of the People”s Consultative Assembly (MPR).
After the inauguration, Jokowi and Kalla are scheduled to “walk” in a parade along with thousands of online casino people to the National Monument (Monas) Park before walking to the State Palace in Medan Merdeka Utara, Central Jakarta.
Thousands personnels of the joint security forces from the National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) have been deployed to the Jakarta”s street to secure the inauguration.
Similar celebration is also conducted by Indonesian people in other cities across the country. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)