Widodo's trouble
Indonesia's notorious traffic congestion was on display for the world yesterday after the country's president was forced to walk two kilometres through the scorching heat to attend a military parade.
President Joko Widodo and senior government officials had to walk more than two kilometres to attend the ceremony in Cilegon, a port city about two-and-a-half hours drive from the capital Jakarta, after being held up by gridlock.
After a 30-minute wait, "the president then decided from inside the car that he would walk," Widodo's guard Ili Dasili said in a statement.
National police chief Tito Karnavian, who was also stuck in the jam, joined the president.
Video footage shows the president walking with a phalanx of security personnel while spectators yell and chant his name.
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