The Hopes and Feelings of the President and the People

Kompas/Sonya Hellen Sinombor

President Joko Widodo looks from close range at a number of Garut sheep and goats, which are the participants in the “Indonesia Independence Cup Garut Sheep-Goat Contest” at Kebun Raya Bogor, West Java, Saturday (27/8/2016). The President has encouraged farmers in the country to develop sheep and goats as a source of alternative protein other than beef, to fulfill people’s demand for meat.

On the feelings and hopes of the city of Bogor, the 535^th anniversary of which falls on June 3, President Joko Widodo is the right person to ask. Since February 2015, the President and his family have lived at the Dyah Bayurini Pavilion at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.

It’s not just that. Almost every morning, the President goes out through the side gate of the Bogor Palace, crossing a path inside the garden, to the State Palace in Jakarta. The President often spends his holiday engaging in physical activities at Bogor Botanical Gardens.