Balikpapan, E Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said Indonesia was in need of innovative leaders to attain national progress, justice, and prosperity.

Speaking at a national dialog of Indonesian Muslim Students Big Family Association at Grand Senyiur Hotel here on Sunday, Jufus Kalla said the national progress, justice, and prosperity could be achieved by innovative leaders and high spirit business players.

"Leaders and business players with high spirit and innovation can create an progress, justice, and prosperous nation," the former vice president said before 600 participants of the dialog.

According to him, the national leaders and business players should work together to create progress, to uphold justice, and to realize national prosperity.

But the vice president admitted that the economy had not been developed optimally, and the number of successful Muslim business maker was still small.

Kalla asserted that this fact should make all Muslims from various walks of life to work together to reach their goal.

"One of the factor to reach this is through innovative leadership," Kalla said. (*)

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