President Joko Widodo Listed in Foreign Policy magazine's 'Top 100 Global Thinkers' 2016

President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, is listed in 'Top 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016' by Foreign Policy magazine for 'forging a shaky parth toward historical reckoning'. He is in the top list along with, among others, Demoratic Nominee for U.S. President Hillary Clinton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

Foreign Policy Magazine quote:

"In April, the Indonesian government—with the blessing of President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi—participated in a symposium alongside academics, an independent national commission on human rights, and survivors to discuss a topic previously unthinkable for Jakarta: the 1965 military-backed massacres of hundreds of thousands of suspected Communist sympathizers. Shortly thereafter, Jokowi instructed a top official to begin gathering information about reported mass graves. Although some fear the announcement was a shallow attempt to appease human rights groups that have criticized the administration for failing to stand up to military right-wingers, the investigation could prove to be Jokowi’s first step toward a fuller reckoning with Indonesia’s past atrocities."

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Source : Foreign Policy