2019 Elections: Prabowo, Kwik Kian Gie Set to Meet Tonight
17 September 2018 18:12 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto is set to hold a meeting with senior economist Kwik Kian Gie tonight at the former's house on Jl. Kertanegara IV, South Jakarta, Gerindra Party deputy chairman Fadli Zon said today.
“Yes, a meeting has been planned [between the two],” said Fadli at the Senayan parliamentary complex on Monday, September 17.
Prabowo said Friday he planned on meeting Kwik to confirm as to whether the latter would join his presidential campaign team.
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“They will just hold a discussion, we would happily accept Kwik Kian Gie as our economic advisor if he wishes, we’ll see,” said Fadli Zon.
Earlier, Prabowo said Kwik was interested in joining his camp as his advisor, and that he was okay with the fact that Kwik was once part of the executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which backs President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
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