Indonesia president says government wants relaxation on fiscal budget

• We have been discussing this in the past few days and I have met with the Speaker of the House to get political support, says Widodo.
• Indonesia is discussing raising the limit of the country's fiscal deficit from 3pc of gross domestic product as government boosts health spending and injects the economic with stimulus.

"We have been discussing this in the past few days and I have met with the Speaker of the House to get political support," Widodo said in a televised briefing.

Indonesia is discussing raising the limit of the country's fiscal deficit from 3pc of gross domestic product as government boosts health spending and injects the economic with stimulus.