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Prabowo claims support of three RI presidents, one from beyond the grave
The presidential candidate claims to “sense” that the late former president Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid supports his current bid for the nation’s highest office.
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (left) and Defense Minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto have lunch at a bakso (meatball) restaurant in Magelang, Central Java, on Jan. 29, 2024. The lunch meeting took place after both officials attended a ceremony at the Military Academy at which Jokowi officially opened the academy's renovated main hall. (Tim Media Prabowo/-)
Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto claims to have the support of three Indonesian presidents in his current bid for the nation’s highest office, including one who has been deceased for some 15 years.
Besides former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), who has publicly declared his support for the candidate, Prabowo claimed to be backed by incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and to “sense” the support of the late Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, the nation’s fourth president.
"I feel that behind me, there is the support of three presidents. President Jokowi is clearly one of them. It's also clear that the sixth president SBY [supports me]," Prabowo said during a rally in Jakarta on Friday, as quoted by cnnindonesia.com.
“And I also sense the support of president Abdurrahman Wahid behind me.”
The Gerindra Party chairman added that he would follow Jokowi’s example in reconciling with his political opponents, referring to how the President had offered him the post of defense minister despite having been on opposing sides in the 2014 and 2019 elections.
"When he invited [me for] reconciliation, those who convinced me were the young members of Gerindra,” said Prabowo.
“They came to me, saying there's a message from President Jokowi, and that was the message. I decided in just half an hour.”
