Tag: Zulkifli Hasan
Interesting Lawmaker Candidates to Watch (9)
In this article we look into the candidates in the electorial regions of the other provinces in the Island of Sumatera. We start with Lampung, the second most populous province in Sumatera.
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Signals from SBY
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), Indonesia’s sixth president and chairman of Democratic Party, talked a lot, as usual, in the past 48 hours. He talked about ‘closing the chapter with Jokowi and opening new chapter with Prabowo’ and ‘unfinished business with Megawati preventing Democratic Party to join Jokowi’s coalition’.
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Alternative Candidates
Some still believe that a presidential pair outside of the expected pair—to be formed by Prabowo Subianto and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo—can emerge and beat them in the 2019 race. Names being discussed are Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and the former Military (TNI) Commander General (ret) Gatot Nurmantyo. How realistic is such a scenario?
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Prabowo’s Running Mate Talk
The Gerindra Party have confirmed that there are seven candidates left to consider as a potential running mate for their party chairman Prabowo Subianto. Who are these candidates? Who has the best chance?
Read MoreThe 2019 Race: Prabowo’s Moves
The Chairman of the Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto has been preparing himself ahead of the registration of the 2019 presidential/vice presidential candidates. Recently, Prabowo met with the Chairman of PAN Zulkifli Hasan. Prabowo and his team has also set in motion a public fundraising campaign.
Read MoreReading Zulkifli Hasan’s Moves
The Chairman of PAN Zulkifli Hasan, who is also the speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), has been very busy. On Wednesday (May 30), Zulkifli met with Aburizal “Ical” Bakrie and then Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), before welcoming the visit of General (ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo and Anies Baswedan at his official residence. What is Zulkifli after?
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The 2019 Race: Prabowo’s Running Mate Talks
The Secretary General of the Gerindra Party Ahmad Muzani, who is also a deputy speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), revealed that only five names were left to consider as potential running mates for Prabowo Subianto in the 2019 presidential race. Who are they?
Read MoreThe 2019 Race: Gatot’s Move
Former Military (TNI) Commander General (ret) Gatot Nurmantyo still believes that he’ll eventually get a ticket to run in the 2019 presidential race. Gatot recently met with the Chairman of PAN Zulkifli Hasan, who is also the speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR).
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Land Certificate for All & The Politics
“As I strolled through rice fields, I had no idea where the property boundaries were. But the dogs knew,” this is one of the famous phrases used by economist Hernando de Soto in his book ‘The Mistery of Capital’, to explain his ideas on property rights to the Indonesian cabinet, telling story about his observation about land in Bali. Hernando met then President SBY in early November 2006 at the State Palace. He was surprised that SBY read two of his books. There is no record meeting between President Jokowi and the economist. There is also no report about whether Jokowi reading his books.
Read MoreAmien Rais and Zulkifli Hasan on the Move
The patron figure of PAN Amien Rais launched yet another spiteful criticism at President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Elsewhere, PAN Chairman (and speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly) Zulkifli Hasan, who happens to be the father-in-law of Amien Rais’ son, met with the Chairman of Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto to discuss, among others, the 2019 race.
Read MoreThe 2019 Race: New Axis Talk Continues
The Democratic Party held a meeting with PAN and PKB on Thursday (March 8) to discuss about the possibility of forming a new axis and to nominate a third pair of president and vice president candidates to challenge President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Prabowo Subianto. Will we see this axis established?
Read More2019 Race: Possible Scenario (2)
In the previous instalment of this series, we covered the possibility of a single-pair presidential election in 2019. In this article, we cover the two-pair and three-pair scenarios.
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