Jokowi-Ma'ruf Series Pranko Launched In Today's Memory, 19 August 2020

Jokowi-Ma'ruf series stamp. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA Memories of today, five years ago, August 19, 2020, the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) launched the post of the special series Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Ma'ruf Amin. The launch was carried out as a form of great appreciation because the majority of the people were chosen.

Previously, the presence of the Jokowi-Ma'ruf pair was greeted with great fanfare. Both are seen as candidates for Indonesian leaders in the 2019-2024 era. That wish happened. Jokowi-Ma'ruf was able to win the hearts of the Indonesian people.

The 2019 presidential election does not provide much space for presidential candidates. The narrative is because the candidates for presidential candidates have narrowed to two figures: Jokowi and Prabowo Subianto. Both are like sworn enemies. They often oppose.

They were opposite during the 2014 Presidential Election. They also had different views when the 2014-2019 administration was running. Jokowi as executive. Prabowo chose the opposition. It's different from the candidate for vice president. The position of vice presidential candidate is open to all parties. Input on the party carrying the two bejibun presidential candidates.

The names of ministers in the government are starting to be mentioned. However, each party has their own criteria.

They want a vice presidential candidate who is at least able to boost votes. Jokowi's camp is like that. They want a presidential candidate who has achievements and is famous. The name of the former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Mahfud MD, had appeared. However, Jokowi's camp moved quickly.

They found a new figure: Ma'ruf Amin. Jokowi welcomed the chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) with joy. This condition is because Ma'ruf is considered a big religious figure. Ma'ruf's political experience is piled up.

He was once a representative of the people. He has also been an advisor to the President in the era of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. As a result, Jokowi's all issues are not pro to Muslims being able to be dammed. Jokowi-Ma'ruf was also able to become the elected President and Vice President of Indonesia.

"PDI Perjuangan congratulates the Elected Pair Joko Widodo and Kiai Haji Ma'ruf Amin as President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2019 2024 period. We pray that the elected President and Vice President pairs can carry out their mandate and power well".

"We hope that Jokowi-Ma'ruf will realize what has been promised and expected by all Indonesian people. We promise that the PDI-P DPP and the PDI-P faction will become tools and tools for the Indonesian people to achieve their state goals as mandated by the Opening of the 1945 Constitution," said PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto as quoted on the One News page, May 21, 2019.

Jokowi-Ma'ruf's victory and struggle were not forgotten. Johnny G. Plate considers Jokowi's victory over being chosen by the people to be remembered. The Minister of Communication and Information then launched the post-series for Jokowi-Ma'ruf on August 19, 2020.

The launch was also carried out in the context of a series of commemorations of the 75th Indonesian Independence Day. Johnny also believes that the stamp is part of the state's document in respecting the services of leaders, even though the Jokowi-Ma'ruf government is not even one year old.

"President Jokowi and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's series stamps are a form of respect for him as the head of state and deputy head of state. They have been chosen by the Indonesian people, of course through an extraordinary democratic circulation process. ."

"The president and vice president are very important and phenomenal stamps as state documents. The presidential and vice president series stamps are always awaited for their presence, their character is always immortalized in the form of special stamps," Johnny said in his virtual remarks as quoted by the ANTARA page, August 19, 2020.