TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin said that Joko Widodo`s decision to choose Ma`ruf Amin as the vice presidential candidate in the upcoming 2019 presidential election was right.
Cak Imin reasoned that Ma'ruf Amin's position as the Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU), had been deeply attached to the people of Nahdatul Ulama (NU).
“Our (Nahdlatul Ulama) voices are solid to vote for Jokowi - Ma'ruf,” he said in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta, Friday, August 17.
Cak Imin said that Jokowi-Ma'ruf ticket had been pocketed by the NU's followers, who are mostly based in Java. However, Ma'ruf Amin did not only represent the NU people but the entire community, especially the Indonesian Muslims, he added.
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