President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo meets then the United States Vice-President Joe Biden during his visit to Washington DC in2015 (Photo thanks to the Presidential Personnel Workplace)
BY: JAKARTA GLOBE
NOVEMBER 08, 2020
Jakarta President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has congratulated on Sunday President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Jokowi joined other Group of 20 leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who congratulated Biden and Harris, regardless of President Donald Trump rejection to yield the election.
” My warmest congratulations Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, on your historical election. The huge turnout is a reflection of the hope placed on democracy,” Jokowi stated in his tweet on Sunday.
My warmest congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris on your historic election. The big turn out is a reflection of the hope placed on democracy. pic.twitter.com/Neai7coU6j
— Joko Widodo (@jokowi) November 8, 2020
The Washington Post and Edison Research study projected 664 percent of the total variety of eligible United States citizens took part in the Nov 3 election. That would be the greatest participation rate because 1960 of 63.8 percent. The involvement was greater in the 1900 s, but there were less citizens at that time, and ladies did not deserve to vote.
Jokowi stated in the subsequent tweet that he looks forward “to work closely with you in enhancing Indonesia-US strategic partnership and pressing forward our cooperation on economy, democracy and multilateralism for the benefit of our two individuals and beyond.”
Eagerly anticipate work closely with you in strengthening Indonesia-US strategic partnership and pushing forward our cooperation on economy, democracy and multilateralism for the benefit of our 2 people and beyond pic.twitter.com/vxLCDwQxHL
— Joko Widodo( @jokowi) November 8, 2020
Experts have actually suggested that Indonesia stands to take advantage of the geopolitical rivalry in between the United States and China that will continue beyond Trump’s presidency. The US is Indonesia’s largest trading partner outside Asia and typically the greatest investment source in its natural resource sectors.
Historical Win
The states have counted around 144 million votes or about 61.8 percent of the overall number of citizens since Sunday, with swing states like Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Georgia are still finishing counting absentee tallies provided by mail.
Still, as it stands now, Biden has more than 74 million popular votes, and with less than a few hundred thousand tallies remain to be counted, the US media called Biden’s triumph. The Associated Press forecasted the former vice-president throughout Barrack Obama’s presidency would get at least electoral colleges to 273, just above the required 270 to win the election.
Biden will be the 2nd Catholic to being in the majority Protestants nation’s governmental workplace after John F. Kennedy declared the workplace in1961 Harris will be the very first female, first black, and first Asian descent to end up being the US vice president.
In his tweets on Sunday, President Trump said that he won the 2020 election and claimed without proof that Biden only led in the election due to prohibited tallies.
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