Najib congratulates Joko Widodo on his election as Indonesia’s new president

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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today extended congratulations to Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on his election as the new president of Indonesia.

“Congrats to @jokowi_do2 on winning the Indonesia presidential elections. Hope to reaffirm our bilateral relations and look forward to seeing you around,” he said in a post on Twitter.

Widodo, the Jakarta governor, and his running mate Jusuf Kalla “JK” won the Indonesian presidential election by securing 53.15 per cent of the total 133,567,276 votes.

Rival candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Hatta Rajasa, received 46.85 per cent of the votes. — BERNAMA