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Puan Maharani of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) of the Democratic Party left Sunday’s reconciliation talks without any agreements on a political pact, but stressed that it was only their first discussion and there would be more follow up talks ahead of the elections.
Despite a long history of bad blood, the opposition Democratic Party and the largest party in the governing coalition the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) appeared to have made concrete steps toward mending ties with each other as senior representatives of the two parties met over the weekend.
Presidential spokesperson Bey Machmudin was quoted by Antara as saying that on Sunday President Jokowi was not present at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium, which was reported to be the site of a meeting with former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has extended an unusual peace offering to its archnemesis, the Democratic Party, to potentially partner for the upcoming general elections; a move analysts said could put the presidential aspiration of opposition figure Anies Baswedan in tatters.
Democratic Party secretary-general Teuku Riefky Harsya said in a statement published on Wednesday that in the past three and a half years, there had only been four meetings involving Democratic Party chief patron and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and the party's chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, with President Jokowi.
