Jokowi to Talks on VP Candidate at Plataran Menteng
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Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB
President Joko Widodo is seen having dinner with the PDIP chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri, Nasdem party general chairman Surya Paloh, Golkar party chairman Airlangga Hartarto, PPP chairman Romahurmuziy, PKB chairman Muhaimin Iskandar and Hanura party chairman Oesman Sapta Odang, on Monday night July 23, 2018. Credit: Press Bureau of Presidential Secretary of Indonesia
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko `Jokowi` Widodo arrived at a restaurant Plataran Menteng, Central Jakarta, Thursday, August 9 at 17:07.
PDIP chair Megawati Soekarnoputri has arrived earlier. Wearing a white shirt and black pant, Jokowi immediately enters the restaurant as the political party elites have waited for him.
The meeting was planned to finalize the vice presidential candidate and the technical issue of the registration to the General Election Commission (KPU).
Jokowi previously said the announcement of his running mate will take place today or tomorrow, August 10. “I’ll announce it later. Not now. Perhaps this afternoon or tomorrow,” said the president on Thursday, August 9.
Jokowi affirms he will register himself as a presidential candidate and his running mate to KPU on Friday, August 10, before Friday prayer.