Jokowi Lauds Yusril Ihza Mahendra as a Professional Individual
6 November 2018 12:40 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Incumbent Presidential hopeful Joko “Jokowi” Widodo welcomed the arrival of constitutional law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra into the Jokowi-Ma’ruf campaign team.
Yusril will take the role of the campaign team’s legal efforts during the 2019 presidential election; “That’s good news, Alhamdulillah (thank God),” said President Jokowi today after inaugurating the MRT Jakarta Depo in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta.
He revealed that it was his campaign team manager, Erick Thohir, who personally requested Yusril to be the team’s lawyer. President Jokowi used the moment to compliment Yusril by referring the constitutional law expert as a true professional.
Yusril Ihza Mahendra, who is also the Chairman of Partai Bulan Bintang, was known to be Prabowo Subianto’s legal attorney in the 2014 presidential election and was also once the lawyer for the now-disbanded radical Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI).
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