Indonesia Ruling Democrat Party Supports Prabowo-Hatta Pair

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The ruling Democrat Party has formally declared its support to the Prabowo-Hatta presidential pair on Monday, as reported by Antara News.

As a logical consequence of the decision "we are ready to campaign for them," the partys executive chairman, Syarief Hasan, said on the sidelines of a press conference regarding the partys declaration of support to the Prabowo-Hatta pair.

Syarief Hasan noted that the campaign period was only five days away, but "our participation will not be bad."

The declaration the Democrat Party has logically become part of the Red and White coalition of political parties that support the Prabowo-Hatta pair.

He said his party was ready to move to regions to help the Prabowo-Hatta duo win the presidential election.

Hasan said the Democrat Party had decided to officially support the Prabowo-Hatta duo after learning that the candidates had a mission and vision that was in line with that of the party.

He said the central executive board has ordered all regional, district, and subdistrict chapters across the country, including all cadres, sympathizers, wing organizations, and Democrat Party supporters, to provide full support to the Prabowo-Hatta duo.

"On June 1, 2014, the Prabowo-Hatta pair presented its mission and vision and was found to be in line with the Democrat Partys mission and vision," he said.

Indonesia will conduct a democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla.

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