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President Joko Widodo exercised with General Chairman of Golkar, Airlangga Hartarto at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java on Saturday morning. On the sidelines of the sport exercise, the President acknowledged that both of them discussed matters related to the development of the Indonesian nation. One of the points mentioned is discussed about the vice presidential candidate who will accompany President Joko Widodo in the 2019 Presidential Election. They discussed the criteria of the vice presidential candidate to advance in the upcoming presidential election. But, the President refused the discussion of the vice presidential candidate leading to the election of one of the figures. He views that the discussion of certain figure that will accompany him in the upcoming Presidential Election is still away ahead.

“I mentioned earlier about the possible criteria that Golkar has; what are the desired criteria of Golkar. The discussion is still about the criteria instead of individual. In our own internal, it still is not finished yet,” President Joko Widodo said.

Furthermore, President Joko Widodo said that the discussion about the vice presidential candidate in the upcoming 2019 presidential election is still under discussion. He said that he still needs to meet a number of Chairmen of political parties and set the criteria in the internal forum of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle –PDI-P. Meanwhile, Airlangga Hartarto said that both of them discussed the criteria of the vice presidential candidate who can support President Joko Widodo. Airlangga also affirmed that Golkar Party has an infrastructure that is committed to maintaining the integration of the Indonesian nation, especially in facing the 2019 Presidential Election. (VO/Ndy/Trans by Rhm)