It Was Rumored To Be Tenuous, This Is The Moment For Jokowi To Talk Privately With Megawati At The Palace

President Joko Widodo talks with 5th President Megawati Soekarnoputri at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/6/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat)

JAKARTA - Prejudice about the strained relationship between President Jokowi and the PDIP chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri has surfaced recently, although the PDIP elite has dismissed it.

Allegations of strained relations between Jokowi and Megawati may not be proven by the moment at the Palace. President Jokowi briefly met and had a private chat with the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri in the waiting room at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday, June 7.

This can be seen in the videos and photos distributed by the Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat.

It is not known what topic the two discussed. However, based on the photo caption, the conversation was held before the inauguration of the Steering Committee, Head and Deputy Head of the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP).

Reported by Antara, Megawati was present at the State Palace because she was re-appointed as Chair of the BPIP Steering Committee for the 2022-2027 term. During the meeting, Jokowi and Megawati seemed to be talking in a relaxed atmosphere.

This afternoon, President Jokowi inaugurated the Steering Committee, Head and Deputy Head of BPIP for the 2022-2027 period, namely:

Chairman of the Steering Committee: Megawati Soekarnoputri

Deputy Chairman of the Steering Committee: Try Sutrisno

Secretary of the Steering Committee: Vishnu Bring Tenaya

Members of the Steering Committee: Said Aqil Siradj, Sudhamek AWS, Anangguru Yewangoe, Rikard Bagun, and Muhammad Amin Abdullah

Head of BPIP: Yudian Wahyudi

Deputy Head of BPIP: Karjono