Jokowi Congratulates Being Ganjar's Vice Presidential Candidate, Mahfud MD: This Means That It Has Been Breasted
JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo left a message to Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD to participate in maintaining the 2024 General Election, including the presidential election running well.This was conveyed by Jokowi when he received the arrival of Mahfud MD at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 24.During the meeting, Mahfud said that President Jokowi also congratulated him so that his vice presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 presidential election would be appointed."He (President Jokowi, ed.) congratulated and left for the election to run well. The election was not to be hostile, but to jointly search for representatives of the people and leaders of the country who were elected by the people themselves," Mahfud explained the contents of his meeting with President Jokowi to reporters at the Kemenkopolhukam Office. Jakarta, Tuesday, October 24, confiscated by Antara.According to Mahfud, the congratulations given by President Jokowi also showed that RI 1 gave his blessing to run for the contest in the 2024 presidential election."Yes, he congratulated me, it means that it has been approved. If it is official, the blessing has been given on October 18, 2023 when I made the morning declaration. Mrs. Mega (Governor of PDIP Megawati Soekarnoputri, ed.) morning declaration, in the afternoon I sent a letter to her," said Mahfud.The President, who was still visiting China and Saudi Arabia, immediately answered a letter from Mahfud."It was immediately allowed that night. Well, the meeting was just earlier," he said.
During the meeting, Mahfud also asked the President for permission to leave. The Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs asked for a leave of at least 1 day per week during the campaign period, from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024.The President approved the request for leave and at the same time asked Mahfud to continue carrying out his duties as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.Mahfud Md. running as a candidate to accompany the presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 General Election. The coalition of political parties, namely the PDI-P, PPP, the Hanura Party, and the Perindo Party registered the Ganjar-Mahfud pair as a pair of presidential/vice-presidential candidates to the Indonesian KPU on October 19, 2023.