Muhaimin: If You Have To Leave Immediately, Mr. Jokowi Please Learn From Mr. SBY

Vice President Muhaimin Iskandar In Badung, Bali/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

BADUNG - Candidate for vice president number 1 Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) requested that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) learn from the 6th President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) about neutrality in elections.

If President Jokowi sided with one of the candidate pairs, then Cak Imin asked Cak Imin to leave immediately.

"If you take sides, you have to leave immediately, we respect Mr. SBY and Mr. Jokowi, please learn from Mr. SBY," said Cak Imin in Badung, Bali, Friday, January 26.

Cak Imin also responded to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)'s statement that the president and ministers could campaign and take sides in general elections (elections) which he considered not neutral.

"Yes, I am very sad if I have a president, how come I then choose a path that is not for all," he said.

Previously, Jokowi stated that the president could take sides and campaign in the presidential election. This was conveyed in response to criticism of his ministers who were part of the successful team. Jokowi assessed that there was no prohibition against this in the Election Law.

"The president may campaign. The president may take sides. Yes, but the most important thing is that during campaigns there is no way to use state facilities," said Jokowi.