Congratulations, Indonesia and incoming President Widodo

It’s final—Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo becomes president of Indonesia in October after the Constitutional Court threw out the poll protest of former General Prabowo Subianto, who was strongly supported by many of the past’s military and political establishment.

This is good news for the further socio-economic development of the largest country and economy of Southeast Asia, which has been successful in becoming a real republican democracy these past two decades and a half.