Jusuf Kalla Not Offered to Join Prabowo-Sandiaga`s Campaign Team
16 August 2018 07:44 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) received a visit from the presidential and vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno at his official residence, on Jalan Diponegoro, Jakarta, Wednesday night, August 15, to discuss the 2019 presidential election.
“We talked about the election that should be good, honest, fair and democratic,” JK said after the meeting.
JK said there was no invitation to join Prabowo’s campaigning team during the visit. “No. Your question is just nosy,” he said.
According to Prabowo, JK is too senior to be a leader of his campaign team.
“In accordance with our customs, Indonesian people, the younger visit the senior as a respect. To ask permission for a job, for our people,” he said.
Despite having competed in the presidential election, Prabowo said that he had a good relationship with JK, competition did not stop them from being friends.
JK said the same thing. “We only compete, if we win it is only for five years. But friendship last for decades,” he said.
As a vice president, JK must put himself in a neutral territory. “As politicians, we might take sides, but as a vice president, we must maintain the relationship with the national elements,” said Jusuf Kalla.
VINDRY FLORENTIN