Providing Information To Each Other, Gerindra Reveals Prabowo And Cak Imin Met On Wednesday Night

PKB Chairman Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin and Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto. (Between)

JAKARTA - The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party DPP, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, stated that the General Chairperson (Ketum) of the Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto and PKB General Chair Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin had held a meeting on Wednesday, March 1 evening.

"The meeting between the General Chairperson of Gerindra and the General Chair of PKB took place on the 1st (March) Wednesday at 19.00 WIB," said Dasco at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Thursday, March 2, which was confiscated by Antara.

When asked about the discussion that was rolled out at the meeting of the two party chairmen, Dasco only answered it as a mere communication. "Yes, that's just communication," he added.

According to him, the meeting between Prabowo and Cak Imin was an ordinary meeting between fellow coalition partners.

"Because we already have a political contract, of course the meeting is not an extraordinary meeting," he said.

He emphasized that the meeting between the General Chair of the Gerindra Party and PKB in the future will be held regularly.

"But meetings like that will be held regularly to provide information and strengthen each other to both parties," he said.

Deputy Secretary General (Wasekjen) of the PKB DPP Syaiful Huda also agreed that the meeting between Prabowo and Cak Imin was planned to be held regularly.

"Yes, it is planned to meet regularly," Huda told reporters at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta.

He said that the meeting between the two general chairmen of political parties would discuss a number of things in order to produce joint decisions.

"There must be a lot to discuss and decide. But those who know everything are the two of them," he said.

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