Paramadina University rector Anies Baswedan has announced that he will support the presidential and vice-presidential candidacies of Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and Jusuf Kalla. He said the sole reason behind his decision was the belief that Indonesia needed a fresh figure with integrity to take the lead.
“We are in need of a new leader with a clean track record and committed to the graft-eradication movement,” the former head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ethics council said as quoted by tribunnews.com on Thursday.
Anies, who has worldwide recognition among Muslim intellectuals, said it was his personal choice and had nothing to do with the Democratic Party of which he was a leading member.
Jokowi had previously hinted that participants in the Democratic Party presidential convention had joined his bandwagon but he refused to reveal their identities.
Separately, another influential figure in the Democratic Party, and a former general, Suaedy Marassabesy has also decided to support Jokow’s bid for the presidency.
Source/Fuente: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/05/22/anis-baswedan-joins-jokowi...
