Fadli Zon Calls Jokowi-Prabowo Coalition Fictitious

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Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB

House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon. Tempo/Danang Firmanto

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Deputy Chairman Fadli Zon denied news that suggests Prabowo Subianto is in the process of lobbying President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to run as Jokowi's vice presidential candidate.

Prabowo's alleged attempt at lobbying Jokowi was first brought up by the United Development Party (PPP) Chairman Romahurmuziy, who claimed that a representative of the Gerindra Chairman had visited Jokowi to talk about the vice presidential candidacy.

"It's not true, fictitious," Fadli Zon tweeted.

Furthermore, Romahurmuziy was told off by another tweet published by Fadli Zon that suggested him to focus on his own political party and presidential candidate.

Following the Gerindra national coordination meeting on April 11, 2018, Prabowo Subianto has been officially named as the party's presidential candidate.

In an event held in Semarang, Romahurmuziy claimed that Jokowi plans to reach out to Prabowo to prevent future potential public discord and to maintain the unity of the country. He even said that there was a representative of Prabowo that met Jokowi to further talk about the coalition.

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