Kalla congratulates Obama, gets lessons learned for RI
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 11/05/2008 2:07 PM
Vice President Jusuf Kalla congratulated U.S. president-elect Barack Obama who won over McCain in the U.S. presidential election.
"As we expected and hoped, Senator Barack Obama won the election. Therefore we congratulate him," Kalla said, as quoted by Antara news agency.
With Obama's election as U.S. president, Kalla said, there should be no more discrimination against minorities. And, in the U.S., minorities can assume positions of authority.
"This phenomena teaches us all that ethnicity, race and other labels are not important. What matters is our capability," Kalla said.
Kalla is himself a Bugi from South Sulawesi. He commands the country's largest political organization Golkar Party. But many believe he will not run for president in next year's elections because he is not from the majority ethnic group in Indonesia, Javanese. (rid)
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