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Megawati, Jokowi hold meeting over 'sayur lodeh'
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Former president and chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati (left) and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo pose for photographers following their meeting over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of/PDI-P)
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his patron, the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Soekarnoputri, held a meeting over a traditional meal cooked specially by the former president herself.
Jokowi and Megawati held a closed-door meeting at the Batu Tulis Palace, a privately owned residence of former president Soekarno’s family, in Bogor, West Java, on Sunday.
The dinner, prepared by Megawati, presented favorite dishes of her late father, such as chicken with lajak sauce, sayur lodeh (vegetable in coconut milk soup), rending ikan (fish simmered in coconut milk), fried trevally, fried tempeh and corn porridge.
“It was a sudden meeting. But as Megawati always does, she served special dishes for Jokowi. She cooked them herself,” PDI-P secretary general Hasto Kristiyanto, who also attended the meeting, said in a press statement on Monday.
He said the three-hour meeting was at times very casual and full of laughs, but serious when discussing national issues. Hasto refused to give further details on the discussion.
"Megawati and Jokowi meet regularly to talk about national and political conditions. They had done that since Jokowi served as mayor of Solo [in Central Java]," Hasto said.
The atmosphere of the dinner was not much different than the dinner the two attended in 2014, right before Megawati endorsed Jokowi as a presidential candidate, he added.
Although several political parties have announced their support for Jokowi in the 2019 presidential election, the ruling party has yet to officially endorse the President.
