Only One Hour, This Is What Airlangga Did When He Met SBY

JAKARTA - The meeting of the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), with the General Chair of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto at Puri Cikeas, Bogor Regency, West Java, Saturday night only lasted about an hour.

The second meeting took place from 19.00 WIB to 20.00 WIB, then continued with a press conference without being attended by SBY.

The eldest son of SBY who is also the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) said that in the short meeting Airlangga took the time to see the works of SBY's paintings.

"Earlier at the Cikeas Library we discussed and of course this shows a good initiative between two parties that have sovereignty and independence," said AHY.

According to him, the Golkar Party and the Democratic Party did not stop collaborating from time to time, especially when SBY served as president in 2004-2014.

AHY explained that the meeting of the two parties highlighted democracy in Indonesia, which he considers to have recently experienced setbacks, as was the discourse on the implementation of a closed proportional system in the implementation of the 2024 Legislative Election.

"The proportional system is closed or open, we don't want our democracy to go back far because of the change in the fundamental system," he said, followed by ANTARA, Saturday, April 29.

Then, another thing that was discussed was about the latest political constellation. According to him, in the last two weeks there have been quite influential political dynamics for Golkar and Democrats.

"It feels appropriate for these two parties Golkar and Democrats to sit down together and also discuss various possibilities that we can face in the future, of course the spirit is how Indonesia is more advanced, prosperous, democracy, which is also getting more and more civilized," said AHY.

Meanwhile, the General Chair of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, explained that he was present by bringing a number of party officials to represent his presence representing the Golkar Party.

"I convey that Golkar continues to open relations and dialogue with political parties, because it is important for Indonesia that all parties have a cool atmosphere, and we enter political parties not tensely, we enter political parties with happiness," said Airlangga.

He said that the Golkar Party and the Democratic Party had the same philosophy and were together in government in 2004-2014.

"In the future, the Golkar Party and the Democrats agree that the election is not the winner to take it all, but we want Indonesia to celebrate," he said.