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Muslim preacher confirms Kalla's NU membership
Nahdlatul Ulama executive board (PBNU) member Masdar Farid Mas'udi told thousands of Muslim students and preachers in Banyumas, Central Java, that vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla was a confirmed member of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and therefore needed their full support
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ahdlatul Ulama executiveboard (PBNU) member Masdar Farid Mas'udi told thousands of Muslim students andpreachers in Banyumas, Central Java, that vice presidential candidate JusufKalla was a confirmed member of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and therefore needed their full support.
"There should be no doubt at all, Pak JK [Kalla] is a member of the PBNU advisory board and has been for three periods until now. He is a true Nahdiyin [NU member] because his father was also the NU treasurer in Sulawesi," Masdar told a meeting attended by 1,000 students and preachers at the Miftahul Huda pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Banyumas on Friday night.
Masdar went on to urge all NU members in Banyumas to help the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Kalla presidential ticket win the July 9 presidential election.
He also said that Jokowi was fit to be elected president because he was polite and humble. Furthermore, he said Jokowi's programs during his time as Surakarta mayor and Jakarta governor were proof that he was a good leader.
Aksa Mahmud, Kalla's brother-in-law, also confirmed Kalla's commitment to the NU and said that Kalla was one of the largest donors to the NU.
Furthermore, he said that Jokowi was also supported by the National Awakening Party (PKB) and that concerns that NU members would not get ministerial positions if Jokowi was elected were unfounded.(fss/dic)
