Today's Top 3 News: Gibran Rakabuming Says Jokowi-Surya Paloh Meeting Cool Things Off
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20 February 2024 23:14 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English rounded the top three news on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. Here are the highlights: Gibran Rakabuming Says Jokowi-Surya Paloh Meeting Cool Things Off, KPU Says Sirekap Temporary Suspension Aims to Synchronize Data, and Minister: VinFast to Start Building Factory in Indonesia This Year.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Gibran Rakabuming Says Jokowi-Surya Paloh Meeting Cool Things Off
TEMPO.CO, Solo - Vice presidential candidate number 2 Gibran Rakabuming Raka responded to the meeting between his father, President Joko Widodo, and the Nasdem Party chairman, Surya Paloh, after the February 14 election.
The NasDem Party endorsed presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 1, Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, in the election. Based on quick count results from many independent pollsters, Prabowo-Gibran received the majority of the national vote.
2. KPU Says Sirekap Temporary Suspension Aims to Synchronize Data
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The head of the General Elections Commission or KPU Hasyim Asy’ari explained on Monday the reason for the temporary suspension of the Recapitulation Information System or Sirekap. During the press conference in Jakarta, Hasyim explained that KPU halted the system for several sub-districts to synchronize data between the Sirekap and the C-forms uploaded by the voting organizing group or KPPS.
For sub-districts with synchronized data between Sirekap and the C-forms, the recapitulation of vote counting will immediately be resumed, Hasyim said. Hasyim also explained that during the plenary meeting of vote counting recapitulation at the sub-district level, the election officers will open the ballot boxes and take out the C-form results.
3. Minister: VinFast to Start Building Factory in Indonesia This Year
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that VinFast, a Vietnam-based multinational automotive company founded by Vingroup¸ will start construction of its factory in the country this year. The minister said that the construction phase will begin once the land becomes available.
"Immediately. Once the land is available, they will make their investment immediately. We are currently matching some industrial areas with them, there are several industrial areas as targets," Agus Gumiwang said as Antara reported on Tuesday, February 20.
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