Jokowi Didukung Nasdem sebagai Kandidat Presiden
Jokowi Supported by National Democrat Party as Indonesian Presidential Candidate
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Surya Paloh, Ketua Umum DPP Partai Nasional Demokrat mengatakan, partai yang dipimpinnya mendukung Joko Widodo sebagai calon presiden yang diusung PDI Perjuangan.
"Kami sepakat untuk merapatkan barisan, untuk persiapan mendukung capres dari PDI Perjuangan," ujar Surya Paloh saat menggelar jumpa pers di kantor DPP Partai NasDem, Jakarta, Sabtu.
Surya Paloh mengungkapkan, Partai NasDem merapat ke PDI Perjuangan karena kesamaan visi dalam mewujudkan sistem pemerintahan presidensial yang sebenarnya.
"Perbincangan kami, perbincangan yang lebih banyak pada keinginan untuk memahami kesamaan visi dan misi dari peran yang bisa dijalankan, dari dua institusi parpol, PDIP dan NasDem," kata Surya Paloh.
Ia menegaskan, pertemuan antara Partai NasDem dengan PDI-P tidak membahas mengenai pembagian jabatan menteri atau lainnya.
"Yang paling penting kami mendukung majunya Jokowi, mengenai visi dan misi kami akan kami utarakan pada saat bertemu dengan Megawati Soekarnoputri," katanya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Surya Paloh, the general chairman of Indonesian political party, the National Democrat (NasDem), Surya Paloh, stated his party has agreed to merge with the Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP) and support PDIPs presidential candidate Joko Widodo.
"We have agreed to close ranks in preparation for supporting the PDIPs presidential candidate," Surya Paloh said at a press conference at the NasDem Party headquarters here on Saturday.
He added that Nasdem agreed to cooperate with PDIP because the two parties shared common views about the importance of realizing a true presidential system of government.
"Our talk was focused on understanding our vision and mission and the role that the two parties could play," he said.
Surya said he supported Joko Widodo, alias Jokowi, in his bid for the presidency and even referred to him as NasDems presidential candidate.
"NasDem would fully support him with joy and a big heart. PDIPs presidential candidate is also NasDems presidential candidate," he said.
Surya said that during the meeting they did not talk about distribution of ministerial posts or other posts, but only about how to uphold the concept of nationalism.
