Jokowi Alludes To Photos With Presidential Candidates In Billboards, Prabowo: It's OK, Right? It's OK

Minister of Defense and General Chair of Gerindra, Prabowo Subianto/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Minister of Defense and General Chair (Ketum) Gerindra Prabowo Subianto responded to President Joko Widodo's statement about a billboard containing a photo of him with a presidential candidate (candidate).

Prabowo quoted Jokowi's statement that there was no problem with the picture being displayed with him as a presidential reading from the Gerindra Party on billboards installed in each region.

"Earlier, what was his last comment (Pak Jokowi)?," said Prabowo at the DPR building, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 16.

It is known that billboards depicting Prabowo and Jokowi have indeed appeared in a number of areas, such as DKI Jakarta and several areas in Central Java.

"It's okay, right? It's okay," he continued.

Previously, President Jokowi mentioned the photo that was displayed with the presidential candidate during a speech at the MPR/DPR/DPD RI annual session, Wednesday, August 16.

"Even though the campaign hasn't started yet, a lot of my photos have been posted everywhere. I went to Province A eh there, to City B eh there, to Regency C there is. To the corners of the village there are too," said Jokowi.

Even so, Jokowi has no objection because he considers it a risk as a head of state. He also emphasized that he would not interfere in determining the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"But, not my photo alone. There is someone next to him with the presidential candidate. Yes, it's okay, it's okay," he added.