JAKARTA -- Just weeks after an election he is projected to win and seal a second term, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's economic plans for the next five years have been hit by one of the nation's oldest problems: endemic corruption.
The head of a state power utility and a senior politician in a party that supports Widodo are embroiled in a graft scandal over the awarding of a major public works contract. Coupled with several more recent cases, corruption looks set to drag on the president's reform and infrastructure-building agenda, as well as giving foreign investors reason to pause.
