The Purpose Of Meeting Ganjar Is A Question, Mahfud MD: Has Been A Friend Since You Were A Member Of The DPR

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD met the Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo on Friday 18 November. (Instagram @mohmahfudmd)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD met the Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo on Friday 18 November. The togetherness of the two is a question mark.

Responding to this, Mahfud said he had often met Ganjar when he visited Semarang. Even when he was with Ganjar, he said, the meeting took place at Wahid Hasyim University, Semarang.

"Well, how come it's just a question. When I go to Semarang, I often meet Mas Ganjar, for example if I fill public lectures on campuses," Mahfud said in his Instagram account, @mohmahfudmd, Monday, November 21.

Mahfud said he had known Ganjar for a long time. The friendship between the two has been going on since they both became members of the council.

"Ganjar has been a friend for a long time since a fellow member of the DPR," he said.

According to Mahfud, apart from being with Ganjar, he often meets the Governor of East Java Khofifah Indar Parawansa, a presidential candidate from the NasDem Party Anies Baswedan, and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto.

Mahfud explained, when meeting Khofifah, usually in forums for Nahlatul Ulama (NU) activities, while with Anies, the meeting was in the form of discussions until he was treated in a special dining room.

"Anies' father and mother were seniors on campus. When Anies was a teenager and I was a young lecturer, Anies' father often invited Anies to college events. And according to Anies, his father always said, you have to imitate Pak Mahfud because he is diligent," he said.

With Prabowo, Mahfud often meets at Prabowo's residence in Hambalang, West Java. "Likewise with Mbak Puan and Erick Tohir, we often meet and discuss many things," he said.

The former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) said that all figures are national cadres who must be encouraged. We must be grateful to have many figures who can be contested to lead the nation.

"People just have to choose the one according to their aspirations," he said.