Indonesian president warns cabinet against overspending

  JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday urged his ministers to maintain a "healthy" state budget in anticipation of global geopolitical and economic risks and as the country gears up for elections next year. Speaking during a routine cabinet meeting, Jokowi, as the president is known, highlighted outsized spending by the country's security agencies including the defense ministry which has been modernizing Indonesia's aging military equipment. "We have to maintain a healthy state budget. We need to be focused and alert for the risk of crisis," Jokowi said, warning that ministers must "be careful on purchasing goods". He also highlighted high spending by t...

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