TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor Tuan Guru Bajang (TGB) Zainul Majdi met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the State Defense Academy of the National Democrat (NasDem) Party this morning, Monday, July 16, 2018.
TGB arrived at around 9:00 a.m.,shortly after Jokowi arrived there to give a public lecture to the cadres of the State Defense Academy.
After the lecture, TGB and Jokowi chatted while accompanied by the chairman of the NasDem Party, Surya Paloh.
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According to Jokowi, the two conversed on many things, but he stopped short of detailing the talk. “Ask Tuan Guru Bajang directly,” he said.
TGB Zainul Majdi is known to be one of Jokowi's potential running mates. Jokowi admitted that TGB was on his list of VP hopefuls.
Rumors that TGB, a graduate of Al-Azhar University, is on Jokowi's VP list are rife after the former's throwing his weight behind Jokowi—despite being a member of the Democrat Party, which has yet to decide whether it will follow suit.
VINDRY FLORENTIN