REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Social justice for all Indonesian people is a driving factor behind infrastructure development across the country, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated. Infrastructure development is a precondition foundation for Indonesia to compete with other countries, he emphasized.

"This is because we want our brothers and sisters there to also reap (the benefits of infrastructure development), such as roads, that we have enjoyed in Java, Sumatra, and Kalimantan," Jokowi remarked at a working meeting on National Health in South Tangerang on Tuesday.

The government has developed a 140-kilometer (km)-long Merauke-Bovendigul road, among other things, he noted. Infrastructure construction can also reduce the prices of basic food items and fuel, he added.

The president is keen to ensure there is no disparity in the price of fuel in Wamena and Java. Before Jokowi had instructed to set a single price for fuel four years ago, the price of gasoline in Wamena could reach Rp80 thousand to Rp100 thousand per liter.