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Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin had officially taken oaths as Indonesia's president and vice president for the 2019-2024 term at a swearing-in ceremony taking place at the parliament building in Jakarta on Sunday.

"By God, I swear, I will fulfill the obligations of the President of the Republic of Indonesia fairly. I will uphold the constitution and carry out all the laws and regulations as straight as possible and serve the homeland and the nation," Joko Widodo read the president's oath witnessed by Chief Justice Of Supreme Court.

After that, it was Ma'ruf Amin's turn to read the oath.

Both of them along with the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker and deputy speakers then signed the minutes of the president's inauguration. 

With the reading of the oaths of office and the signing of the minutes of inauguration, Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin had officially become the President and Vice President of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Witnessed by the ranks of the MPR, Ministers of Working Cabinet I, heads of state institutions, several foreign leaders, and other invited guests, Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin took their oaths of office.

Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin officially became the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia after winning the 2019 Presidential Election, defeating Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno.

The Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin pair won 85,607,362 votes or 55.5 percent of the legitimate votes.  This pair's total number of votes were higher than those gained by the Prabowo-Sandi pair that received 68,650,239 votes or 45.5 percent of legitimate votes.

The Prabowo-Sandi camp challenged the General Elections Commission's (KPU's) presidential vote counts at the Constitutional Court regarding the result but  the final decision of the Constitutional Court still rejected the entire lawsuit of Prabowo and Sandi.

Thanks to the goodwill of Prabowo Subianto and incumbent President Joko Widodo, a national reconciliation between the two camps could then be promoted. 

Both Prabowo Subianto and his former running mate, Sandiaga Uno, also attended the presidential inauguration. This historic event was also attended by the fifth Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri, the sixth Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the eleventh Vice President Boediono and the ninth Vice President Hamzah Haz.

Several heads of state also witnessed Jokowi's inauguration, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Marrison, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsioen Loong, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, Brunei Sultan Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, King eSwatini, Mswati III, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, and the United States Minister of Transportation Elaine Chao.

In addition, ambassadors from friendly countries representing their respective leaders also attended the inauguration of President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. (ANTARA)

President Joko Widodo revealed that he plans to introduce members of the cabinet ministers who will accompany him during the 2019-2024 leadership period. This was conveyed by Jokowi shortly before leaving for the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) building to attend his inauguration as President and KH Maruf Amin as Vice President 2019-2024. Jokowi said that at this time, he had completed the composition of the cabinet of ministers, but all the names of the new cabinet ministers would only be introduced to the public tomorrow.

"I have already completed it. Later, tomorrow morning. I'll introduce you tomorrow morning. I introduce you tomorrow morning. Later in the afternoon Pak Kiai Maruf Amin has to go to Japan to attend the coronation of the Japanese emperor," said Joko Widodo.

Jokowi further said that for ministerial seats of political parties there would likely be a total of 16 seats. He also ensured that the new cabinet for the period 2019-2024 would still be filled with several old faces which would be added with more new faces. (VOI/NDY/AHM)

President of South Korea Moon Jae-in is assured of Indonesia's dynamic growth under the leadership of President Joko Widodo, who is inaugurated for his second term in office in Jakarta on Sunday.

President Moon congratulated Jokowi in his official Twitter and Facebook account on Sunday.

"Under Jokowi's leadership which involves all elements of the public, Indonesia will enjoy even more dynamic growth," he said.

In his message, Moon said that the friendship and mutual trust shown by Jokowi have pushed both Indonesia and South Korea to materialize the Special Strategic Partnership.

Indonesia is the only country in South East Asia that has established such relationship with South Korea.

"I hope Indonesia and Korea will continue the effort to materialize welfare for both countries, by combining the visions 'Indonesia Maju' (Advanced Indonesia) and New Southern Policy, as we have carried out thus far," he said.

Although he could not attend President Jokowi and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's swearing-in ceremony by himself, Moon sent his Chief of the Presidential Staff Noh Young-min to Jakarta to attend the event that will be held at the parliament building on Sunday.

In Jokowi's second term in office, he hoped that the people-to-people exchange between the two countries could be intensified.

"I am looking forward to meeting President Joko Widodo to once again congratulate him," he said. (ANTARA)

Officials who work at the presidential palace wave Indonesian flags and hold up banners reading "congratulations Mr. Jokowi" as President Joko Widodo's motorcade leaves the palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2019, to attend his inauguration as Indonesia's president for a second term. Widodo was to kick off a fresh term on October 20. (AFP)