TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama’s sister and lawyer Fifi Lety Indra responded to the current arising news that suggests Ahok will campaign for the Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and Ma’aruf Amin in the upcoming 2019 presidential election.
“The election is held next year. Maybe [Ahok] would or wouldn’t [campaign for them],” said Fifi in a text message Tempo received on Tuesday, August 14.
She further explained that it would be Ahok’s personal decision whether to support Jokowi’s campaign or not. “Let Ahok answer for himself, he is the only one that knows what he wants to do later on,” said Fifi.
Previous rumors suggest that Ahok sent a letter to the coordinating minister of maritime affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan regarding the former Jakarta governor’s support towards Jokowi-Ma’aruf in the upcoming election.
“Ahok wrote me a letter where he expressed his gladness towards Jokowi’s choice of vice presidential candidate,” said Minister Luhut on Sunday, August 12. According to Luhut’s statement, the letter itself suggests that Ahok intends to participate in Jokowi’s presidential campaign efforts once he is free.
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