HUT RI Ceremony: VP Kalla Says SBY Calms Political Tension
18 August 2017 14:28 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said a positive comment about the presence of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or SBY at Indonesian 72nd Independence Day (HUT RI) ceremony. He argues that it would calm the country’s political tension.
“It automatically calms down the political situation, politics will always have its differences but there will always be one purpose,” said Jusuf Kalla on Friday, August 18.
The event captured the public’s attention especially when the sixth President of Indonesia met with Megawati Soekarnoputri. SBY has never attended HUT RI ceremony during the two years of President Jokowi’s administration.
Meanwhile, throughout SBY’s 10-year leadership, the 5th Indonesian President Megawati had never attended any HUT RI ceremony at the Presidential Palace. Both SBY and Megawati usually avoid meeting each other in state events, but they both shook hands at yesterday’s ceremony.
AMIRULLAH SUHADA