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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 15:30
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RI VICE PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES OBAMA
Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla here on Wednesday congratulated US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on winning his country's presidential poll.
"As we have expected and predicted Obama's victory, we have to congratulate him," Kalla said at the vice presidential palace here on Wednesday.
The vice president said Obama's landslide and surprising victory in the US presidential election had actually been predicted by people around the world but what had not been expected was the wide margin by which he won the votes.
Asked what lesson could be taken form Obama's victory, Kalla said it showed that there would be no minority group in the world and in the United States alone the minority has been wiped out.
"His victory means that we will no longer talk about race, ethic groups, and colors," Kalla said.
Meanwhile, AFP reported from Washington DC, that hundreds of young demonstrators flooded the avenue in front of the White House late on Tuesday in raucous of celebration, and chanting and shouting their delight at Barack Obama's historic election win.
Many in the crowd -- chiefly students from Washington-area universities -- waved red, white, and blue balloons, others pushed their Obama campaign signs to the sky, most chanted Obama's name, his "yes, we can" slogan, or "USA! USA!"
Laura Kiefer, 18, laughed about the key role her home state of Ohio played in the Democrat's historic victory -- "I got a hug from my entire dorm, it was great!"
Her friend Kerianne Cantelmo, also 18, said they had watched the returns on television and had waited to be sure that Obama had won because "we didn't want to jinx anything" before heading to US President George W. Bush's doorstep.
When Vice President Jusuf Kalla was asked if Obama's victory would mean that the former could run for next year's presidential election, Kalla said with a chuckle, "I am now vice president, so what next."
"As we have expected and predicted Obama's victory, we have to congratulate him," Kalla said at the vice presidential palace here on Wednesday.
The vice president said Obama's landslide and surprising victory in the US presidential election had actually been predicted by people around the world but what had not been expected was the wide margin by which he won the votes.
Asked what lesson could be taken form Obama's victory, Kalla said it showed that there would be no minority group in the world and in the United States alone the minority has been wiped out.
"His victory means that we will no longer talk about race, ethic groups, and colors," Kalla said.
Meanwhile, AFP reported from Washington DC, that hundreds of young demonstrators flooded the avenue in front of the White House late on Tuesday in raucous of celebration, and chanting and shouting their delight at Barack Obama's historic election win.
Many in the crowd -- chiefly students from Washington-area universities -- waved red, white, and blue balloons, others pushed their Obama campaign signs to the sky, most chanted Obama's name, his "yes, we can" slogan, or "USA! USA!"
Laura Kiefer, 18, laughed about the key role her home state of Ohio played in the Democrat's historic victory -- "I got a hug from my entire dorm, it was great!"
Her friend Kerianne Cantelmo, also 18, said they had watched the returns on television and had waited to be sure that Obama had won because "we didn't want to jinx anything" before heading to US President George W. Bush's doorstep.
When Vice President Jusuf Kalla was asked if Obama's victory would mean that the former could run for next year's presidential election, Kalla said with a chuckle, "I am now vice president, so what next."
