A senior member of the Indonesian Democracy Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Thursday that the party held no objection to nominating Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo as a presidential candidate in the 2014 national election.
“For Megawati [Sukarnoputri], it has never been a problem,” Sabam Sirait said. “The PDI-P has no objection if it is Jokowi, but let us see when the time comes. The time is not yet right, we only need to wait for the right moment.”
He said that the party would only announce its candidate for the 2014 presidential elections slightly before the campaigning period. An early announcement, he said, would leave the candidate open to political attack and give an advantage to the PDI-P’s political rivals.
Sabam added that Jokowi hada better chance of becoming the party’s candidate than Megawati’s daughter, Puan Maharani, who is also a party deputy chairperson.
“Puan is a good girl, but she is not suitable to become president,” he said. “Not all good people are suitable to become president.’
Author/Autor: Carlos Paath
Source/Fuente: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/pdi-p-open-to-joko-presidential-bid-official/
