TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo continues to meet with political party leaders. Earlier this morning, Jokowi met with National Democratic (Nasdem) Party chairman Surya Paloh at the State Palace for a discussion.
President Jokowi and Surya Paloh were reported having breakfast while being engaged in the discussion.
Prior to meeting Surya Paloh, President Jokowi had invited the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri to a lunch reception at the Presidential Palace.
According to Megawati, she advised Jokowi to bring together political party leaders in the near future. Megawati believed that such meetings would be necessary to alleviate political tensions ahead the simultaneous regional elections scheduled to be held on February 2017.
Earlier, Jokowi had met with the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party chairman Prabowo Subianto and the Functional Group (Golkar) Party chairman Setya Novanto.
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