JK Gets Full Support to Spearhead Jokowi-Ma`ruf Campaign Team
13 August 2018 15:38 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s coalition parties had thrown their weight behind Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) to become the chief of the Jokowi-Ma'ruf election campaign team.
“All faction suggested that Jusuf Kalla should be the campaign leader,” said the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) politician at the State Palace today.
Pramono added, however, that no official decision has been made despite the approval.
Jokowi is set to make a decision after monitoring the government's efforts to rebuild quake-torn areas in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). The president is scheduled to fly to the island this afternoon.
Read: Jokowi to Name Campaign Team Chief upon Arriving from Lombok
National Awakening Party (PKB) chairman Muhaimin Iskandar confirmed that Jokowi's coalition parties had backed Jusuf Kalla as the campaign leader.
“We have all proposed Pak Jusuf Kalla,” said Muhaimin Iskandar.
Meanwhile, Lodewijk F. Paulus, the Golkar Party sec-gen and Hasto Kristiyanto, the sec-gen of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, have been tapped as the deputy chief and the secretary of the Jokowi Ma'ruf campaign team, respectively.
VINDRY FLORENTIN
