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Jokowi yet to meet SBY after meeting other party chairs
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (center) chats with former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ((third right) at the inauguration of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building on Dec. 29, 2015. Jokowi has yet to meet with SBY after a demonstration against Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. (The Jakarta Post/Wienda Parwitasari)
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to still be reluctant to meet former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) after conducting a series of meetings with political and religious leaders following a massive rally to demand Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama be named a blasphemy suspect.
“I could meet all, here or in the regions with farmers or workers,” Jokowi said on the sidelines of a meeting with National Mandate Party chairman Zulkifli Hasan, who is also speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly, on Wednesday as reported by tribunnews.com
(Read also: Prabowo visits Jokowi, offers help after Ahok named suspect)
After the anti-Ahok rally on Nov. 4, which ended in violence, Jokowi met several political leaders, including Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri, Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto and NasDem Party leader Surya Paloh.
On the night after the Nov.4 rally, Jokowi said “political actors” were behind the chaotic demonstration, which was participated in by hundreds of thousands of people.
Politicians from the Democratic Party, which is chaired by SBY, have stated that he would accept an invitation to meet Jokowi.
The Democratic Party is backing SBY’s son Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono to challenge Ahok, who is supported by the PDI-P, of which Jokowi is a member, in the Jakarta gubernatorial election next year.
Gerindra is backing former education and culture minister Anies Baswedan in the election. (jun)
