Jakarta Forum – Jakarta, A senior legislator here Monday concurred with former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Muhammad`s view that Indonesia had the potentials to become “the seventh big power” in the world. But Tjahjo Koemolo, chairman of the Indonesian Demcoracy Party-Struggle (PDIP) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR), also said to really achieve world power status, “we need a leader who is firm, consistent, and courageous in making decisions, and able to make changes. We also need to take stock again of the nation`s real potentials.” Speaking to reporters here Monday, Tjahjo said , with its large population and geopolitically strategic location in the Pacific, Indonesia indeed had the potentials of becoming “the `new giant”…
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