President Jokowi Is Confirmed Not To Attend PKB VI Congress In Bali

President Joko Widodo. (DOC. BETWEEN PHOTOS/DHEMAS REVIYANTO)

JAKARTA - The VI Congress of the National Awakening Party (PKB) in Bali on August 24-25 was confirmed not to be attended by President Joko Widodo.

Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat, Yusuf Permana, in a short message to reporters in Jakarta, Saturday, explained that the President did not have an agenda for visiting Bali.

"Mr. President has no agenda for a working visit to Bali," Yusuf told ANTARA, quoted on Saturday, August 24.

The PKB VI Congress will be attended by Vice President (Wapres) Ma'ruf Amin.

The vice president accompanied by his wife Wury Ma'ruf Amin left for Bali Province using the Boeing 737-800 Presidential Aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force.

The vice president and his entourage took off from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta to I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali at 14.00 WIB.

The Vice President's main agenda on the first day of a working visit is to attend the Inauguration of the Opening of the VI National Awakening Party Congress which will take place at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center at 19.00 WITA.