TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is yet to announce his National Campaign Team (TKN) leader for the 2019 presidential election.
Jokowi also refused to confirm rumors saying that former Indonesian Army Commander Gatot Nurmantyo is one of the strong candidates to fill the position.
"I haven't [decided], not yet," Jokowi said on Thursday, August 23.
Gatot's name was first mentioned by a politician of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Aboe Bakar Al Habsyi.
Al Habsyi suspected that Jokowi's campaign team would choose Gatot to rival Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno's campaign team leader who is also a former TNI Commander Djoko Santoso.
AHMAD FAIZ IBNU SANI