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Kalla, Wiranto reap more support for presidential election
Adianto P. Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 05/24/2009 9:06 PM | Election 2009
Though the polls body has yet to open the campaign for the presidential election, the duo of Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto garnered support from ordinary people, clerics and politicians on Sunday.Dozens of Muslim clerics in Cilegon, Banten read out a declaration to support Kalla and Wiranto in the July presidential election.
Before touring Cilegon, Kalla who is also incumbent Vice President, reaped political support from the Ulema National Awakening Party (PKNU) and the Federation of Transport Workers in Indonesia.
“I promise to create a better government. The people’s mandate to have a fair, honest and dignified government must be fulfilled,” Kalla said in his speech at the PKNU’s leader meeting on Sunday.
Kalla promised to improve the welfare of people once he was elected president.
In separate event, hundreds of young people launched the so-called Indonesian Young Porous (PMI) to support the candidacy of Kalla and Wiranto.
The launching of the PMI was directly witnessed by the head of Kalla and Wiranto’s campaign team, Fahmi Idris, who is also the Minister of Industry.
The presidential election is slated for July 8 when three presidential candidates – Kalla, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Megawati Soekarnoputri – will compete for the country’s top job.
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Mitut (not verified) — Thu, 06/11/2009 - 8:13pm
Kalla, Wiranto "is trying (hard) to" reap more support for presidential election. Those clerics may be pledging (and staging) public support. But victory is in the numbers of vote the duo will receive.
Free and Fair election, word !
John Ralph (not verified) — Mon, 05/25/2009 - 9:46am
You can buy some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.
Kalla will be slaughtered at the election, as will Megawati.
They both should read the Koran to understand why.
No sane Indonesian will want them as leaders of Indonesia.
Iain — Mon, 05/25/2009 - 8:26am
"Supports"???!!!
Please, Jakarta Post.... sack your English editor. I don't have a degree or journalistic experience but I am sure I would do a better job.
In the headline too! Isn't large bold font clear enough.
PT (not verified) — Mon, 05/25/2009 - 5:50am
JK-WIN is more populous than the another incumbent pairs. Go forward.