Indonesian President highlights five major national agendas
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has emphasised that five big agendas of the nation must not stop despite geopolitical conflicts and crises continuing to haunt the world.
Screenshot of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the 2022 Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) and the Joint Session of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) at the Parliamentary Complex. (Photo: Antara)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian President JokoWidodo has emphasised that five big agendas of the nation must not stop despitegeopolitical conflicts and crises continuing to haunt the world.
Speaking at the Annual Session of the People'sConsultative Assembly (MPR) and the 2022 Joint Session of the House ofRepresentatives (DPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) on August 16, Widodo said the first agenda is to continueconducting the downstreaming process and industrialisation of naturalresources.
The second agenda is the optimisation of greenenergy sources and emphasis on improving the green economy.
As for the third agenda, the President called for continuing to strengthen the community's legal, social, political and economicprotection.
The fourth agenda aims to continuously supportmicro, small, and medium enterprises to level up.
Lastly, the fifth agenda highlighted by thepresident is the construction of the National Capital of Nusantara (IKN).
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Screenshot of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the 2022 Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) and the Joint Session of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) at the Parliamentary Complex. (Photo: Antara) 
